Schools, Coaching Centres & Platforms Processing Children's Data: Are You Compliant?

The Problem: What Organisations Are Actually Doing

Across India, educational institutions and businesses that deal with minors have made it a routine practice to photograph children celebrating achievements, post their names and images on social media, websites, and marketing material, share performance data with third parties, and collect biometric or health-related data — all without obtaining verifiable parental consent. These photographs and videos are posted without the child or parent having any meaningful opportunity to review, restrict, or object.

What organisations routinely post or share includes:

• Students’ photos and videos at events, sports days, award ceremonies
• Names, class details, and academic achievements on school/institution websites