Promote Privacy and Safety for Families with iPad

Privacy is a fundamental human right—both in and out of the classroom.

In our Apple Professional Learning Live session, we explored built-in privacy and security features, Apple Account setup, parental controls, communication safety tools, and accessibility features that you can share with families to help student data stay safe and secure.

Here’s a recap on each of the areas discussed and some resources for you to share with your school community and families. 

Privacy & Security

When you’re setting up a technology program, it’s crucial to know how your device and environment protect your privacy and security.

Apple offers various resources and services showcasing its dedication to privacy and security in education. Make sure to share this information with your families.  

Learn more here:

 About Privacy and Security for Apple products in Education

 Data and Privacy Overview for Schools 

 Privacy Overview for Parents

Online Safety

Navigating online can sometimes feel like venturing into a digital jungle—unexpected risks and harmful content can appear without warning. 

Apple offers a range of resources and tools designed to help families stay safe online. These tools provide practical guidance for limiting access to inappropriate content and reporting illegal or harmful material, ensuring a safer online experience for everyone.  

Learn more here:

 Online Safety

Apple Accounts

Apple accounts are user accounts associated with Apple services, allowing access to features such as iCloud, the App Store, iMessage, FaceTime, and more. These accounts store data, app purchases, settings, and subscriptions.

Apple accounts can be personal or managed. Personal accounts are for individual use and offer full control over services, while managed accounts are controlled by schools and often have restrictions.

If a child is under 13 years of age, parents or guardians should create an Apple Account for a child to allow children to safely use Apple services while maintaining parental control.

Learn more here:

 Overview of Managed Apple Accounts

 Creating an Apple Account for your child

Family Sharing & Screen Time

Family Sharing allows up to six people to share Apple services, purchases, and subscriptions like iCloud+, Apple Music, and App Store content, while maintaining individual Apple Accounts. It includes features like shared purchases, iCloud storage, location sharing, and parental controls such as **Ask to Buy** for children. 

Screen Time complements this by helping families monitor and manage device usage. It provides insights into app and website usage, allows setting app limits, scheduling downtime, and enforcing content restrictions to promote healthy digital habits. Together, these tools enhance convenience, safety, and balance within a family’s digital ecosystem.

Learn more here:

 Information for Families

 Parental Controls

 Family Sharing

 Set up Screen Time 

Focus

While it would be every parent’s dream to manage their children’s devices and screen time into their late teens, this can be challenging due to the evolving nature of privacy among young people during this stage of development.  

Enabling families to guide their teenage children in self-regulating their device usage by sharing information about the Focus feature on Apple devices can be one effective approach to addressing this challenge.

Focus helps minimise distractions, improves productivity, and allows users to better manage their time.

Learn more here:

 Set up Focus on iPad

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