The Covid-19 Pandemic And The Right Of Educates To Protect Personal Data In The Virtual Classroom

Abstract

Considering the need for social isolation, the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic was certainly responsible for the process of accelerating the phenomenon of digital transformation in the pedagogical area, launching educational institutions, educators and students in a context of hyperconnectivity never seen before, there is an urgent need for continuity in the academic calendars and, finally, in the learning process. However, the abrupt transition from physical classrooms, traditionally known as face-to-face meetings, gave way to virtual classrooms, in which the digital meeting, through webcams and other audiovisual resources left everyone involved exposed and weakened, especially in regarding privacy and personal data protection. The phenomenon of digital transformation is analyzed in the pandemic context and the impacts on the protection of personal data of students, in the form of Law No. 13.709/2018, the General Data Protection Law (LGPD). Therefore, the hypothetical-deductive method was adopted, through a review of legal and pedagogical literature, with theoretical foundation based on the premise of the phenomenon of the Information Society, by Manuel Castells, and a case study was carried out to analyze the Privacy Policy of a virtual classroom application and its impacts on the protection of learners' personal data.