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🔒 Technology & data protection
  • The systems differ in hosting and data protection focus: Edumaps is designed for school use with a German server location and VIDIS approval. Wakelet Technologies Limited is based in Manchester, United Kingdom; the UK has an EU adequacy decision, but the hosting location of content is not clearly published. Wakelet references COPPA and FERPA (US education privacy laws) in its privacy policy; children under 13 should be registered on Education plans.
  • Metric / featureEdumapsWakelet
    Provider focusSchool / teaching / educational organizationsContent curation for education, individuals, and businesses
    Provider / headquartersEU-based operation, German market focusWakelet Technologies Limited, Manchester, United Kingdom
    GDPR compliance✔️ Yes (VIDIS approved)Provider is UK-based (UK GDPR); EU adequacy decision for the UK applies
    Server / data locationGermanyNot clearly published; please check the current privacy policy
    US education privacy (COPPA / FERPA)Not applicable (EU focus)Referenced by provider
    Under-13 useSchool accounts by designEducation plans with privacy controls required
    Suitable for personal student data✔️ Designed for school useRecommended only after own data-protection review / DPA
    Security mechanisms✔️ Content-Security-Policy
    ✔️ Strict-Transport-Security
    ✔️ X-Frame-Options
    ✔️ X-Content-Type-Options
    ✔️ Referrer-Policy
    ✔️ Permissions-Policy
    ⛔ Content-Security-Policy
    ✔️ Strict-Transport-Security
    ⛔ X-Frame-Options
    ⛔ X-Content-Type-Options
    ⛔ Referrer-Policy
    ⛔ Permissions-Policy
  • The information on security mechanisms refers to publicly checkable HTTP security headers and may change depending on domain, app area, and date. You can check it, for example, with securityheaders.com: For Edumaps here.For Wakelet here.
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