Explore the PGC tool that empowers you to efficiently manage PII data relevant to your district.
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Privacy Governance Console (PGC) is designed to provide District Admins with monitoring capabilities of personally identifiable information (PII) for their organization. Using the PGC, admins can perform security and governance tasks such as audits and usage checks.
Requirements
- Primary District Admin permissions.
- Download the School Passport Engagement Chrome extension to access PGC.
Access PGC
To access PGC, navigate to your School Passport instance. From there, go to Connect, and then select the Privacy Governance Console in the sidebar. Alternatively, you can also go to shield.schoolpassport.com.
Dashboard
The Dashboard page displays the following PII statistics:
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PII Statistics: Displays the total count of applications that are recognized within PGC.
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High / Low usage: Displays the TOP-10 most used apps and the TOP-10 of least used apps.
Tip: Identifying the least used apps can help you detect PII leaks or apps with low usage and unnecessary costs.
- PII Usage Overview: Displays a chronological overview of the usage of PII within the apps.
Applications
The Applications page displays all the educational apps that are being used in the district.
For more detailed information about an application, simply click on the application name or select Actions next to the desired app and then click Edit Application Details.
An example of the application details page:
Manage PII Tags
Use the Manage PII Tags page to create PII tags that will help you organize and categorize the various applications within your organization.
To assign a PII tag to an application, navigate to the application detail page and select a desired tag from the District Internal tags pane.