Data Usage & Consent

1. Purpose of Data Collection

EduRisk is a final year engineering project that uses machine learning to predict student academic risk. Your data will be used to:

• Train and validate ML models for risk prediction
• Generate anonymized insights about academic patterns
• Provide faculty with early warning indicators for at-risk students
• Advance research in educational data mining

2. Data Collected

The following data will be collected as part of this research:

3. Voluntary Participation

Your participation in this research is completely voluntary. You may choose not to participate or withdraw at any time without affecting your academic standing or grades.

4. Confidentiality & Anonymization

All data will be anonymized before processing. Your name and roll number will be replaced with unique identifiers. Only aggregated, non-identifiable data may be used in research publications.

5. Data Security

Data is stored on secure, encrypted servers accessible only to the project team and faculty advisors. All data handling follows institutional ethics guidelines and Indian data protection laws.

6. Right to Withdraw

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw, please contact the project team at consent@edurisk.project.edu. Upon withdrawal, your data will be removed from active systems, though anonymized data already used in analysis may be retained.

7. Contact Information

For questions or concerns about data usage, contact:

Project Guide: Dr. Sharmila Roy

Email: consent@edurisk.project.edu

Institutional Ethics Committee: ethics@mitcoe.edu