--- title: Laura Riposo VanDruff Quoted in Privacy Daily date: 2025-12-01T10:36:00-05:00 author: Mary Katherine (MK) Terrell canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/laura-riposo-vandruff-quoted-in-privacy-daily" section: News --- # Laura Riposo VanDruff Quoted in Privacy Daily December 1, 2025 Partner [Laura Riposo VanDruff](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/laura-riposo-vandruff) was quoted in ​“EdTech Joint Settlement Shows Enforcers’ Focus on Protecting Kids’ Data” by *Privacy Daily*. The article reports on a joint settlement between three states and the software company Illuminate Education. The settlement resolved claims that Illuminate failed to protect students’ data with basic security measures. From breaches of ​“student information that could reveal sensitive information about a minor” to ​“a company that collects social security numbers,” the ​“principles of protecting that data are effectively the same,” Laura said. ​“The circumstances of any single breach are likely to be unique, but how you protect against that is by having a layered defense strategy, and it was the failure of” that defense ​“that we see alleged in each of the actions filed by the attorneys general.” Read the full article [here](https://privacy-daily.com/article/2025/11/28/edtech-joint-settlement-shows-enforcers-focus-on-protecting-kids-data-2511250020?BC=bc_692a218492c95). Subscription required. - Share this entry - - - - - [ View entry pdf ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/pdf-snapshots/laura-riposo-vandruff-quoted-in-privacy-daily-20251209165312.pdf) ### Related Services - [Privacy and Information Security](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/privacy-and-information-security) In the News [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/In_the_News_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/wayne-dangelo-quoted-in-politico-2) July 9, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/wayne-dangelo-quoted-in-politico-2) In the News [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/In_the_News_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/aaron-rosenfeld-featured-in-washington-business-journal) July 8, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/aaron-rosenfeld-featured-in-washington-business-journal)