d16n - Depseudonymisation
As app creators, we have a profound responsibility to safeguard the personal data of children. The most effective way to protect it is to avoid collecting it altogether.
Our goal is to provide a simple and standardized method for teachers to identify their students without compromising their data security.
This is a specification and implementation guide for interoperability of educational apps and user identity systems such that apps can show user names without revealing those names to the creator of the app.
We name it client-side depseudonymisation or simply d16n.
D16N refers to the depseudonymisation process used in integrations, where pseudonyms (abstract IDs) are exchanged instead of clear user names. This functionality allows a user's browser to communicate directly with IDP servers to resolve these IDs into identifiable names.
- You are an Identity Provider who works in the education system.
- You are an EdTech with an app to use in the school system.
The latest version of the specification is 1.0
The rendered version can be viewed here.
The source is found in spec/
The following providers and apps have implemented this. Implementers can open a pull request against this repository to add their details. There is no certification process and implementations are not required to be open source.
| Product Name | Maintainers | Point of Contact | URL |
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| Product Name | Maintainers | Point of Contact | URL |
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| bettermarks | bettermarks GmbH | [email protected] | https://bettermarks.com/ |