Our Background: From Digital Safety Leadership to Digital Trust Infrastructure
ISAFE’s leadership has worked together since 2002 at the intersection of technology, education, student data privacy, digital identity, parental engagement and regulatory compliance.
As technology became embedded in the daily lives of students and families, the challenge expanded beyond Internet safety. Organizations increasingly needed infrastructure capable of establishing who is interacting with technology, who has legal authority to act for a minor, what information has been communicated, what permissions have been provided, and whether those actions can be documented and verified.
Today, ISAFE Direct brings together identity verification, verified parent/guardian relationships, verifiable parental consent, AUPs, permissions and acknowledgments, parent engagement, compliance documentation and reporting. ISAFE maintains its established focus on CIPA, COPPA, FERPA and E-Rate compliance while extending this foundation to AI, digital services, applications, social platforms and other technologies used by minors.
ISAFE in Today’s Digital Ecosystem
Trust Requires More Than Identity. It Requires a Verifiable Relationship
Children and teens move across an interconnected ecosystem of schools, applications, AI technologies, social platforms, devices and digital services. Their data and digital identities move with them.
ISAFE Direct provides infrastructure for trust, transparency, parental authority, informed consent, compliance and accountability across that digital relationship. Through MyOk™, verified parents and guardians can receive information, understand requests, provide or decline authorization, and maintain visibility into decisions affecting their children.
The result is more than a paperless process. It is measurable, documented and scalable digital trust infrastructure.
The Principles Behind Our Framework of Trust™
Our Values
ISAFE believes trust in the digital world must be built into the technology connecting organizations, parents, guardians, children and the digital services they use.
ISAFE Direct™ — The Technology Behind the Framework of Trust™
Identity. Relationship. Consent. Engagement. Compliance. Evidence.
ISAFE Direct is a cloud-based digital trust and governance infrastructure platform designed to manage the complex relationships among organizations, minors, parents and guardians, and technology providers.
Using verified information and integrated Identity Verification, ISAFE technology binds the identity of a student or minor with the appropriate parent and/or guardian—establishing the trusted relationship upon which communication, permissions, consent and accountability can occur.- Verifiable Parental Consent
- COPPA, FERPA, CIPA and E-Rate Compliance
- Acceptable Use Policies and technology notices
- Parent and guardian permissions and digital acknowledgments
- Document creation, secure storage, notifications and reporting
- Parent engagement through MyOk™
- Documented, audit-ready evidence
This architecture allows ISAFE Direct to serve as a reusable trust and governance layer across education, EdTech, AI, telecommunications, social media, digital platforms and other environments serving minors and families.
Turn Trust, Compliance and Parent Engagement Into a Strategic Advantage
ISAFE works with organizations and partners seeking to strengthen digital governance, reduce operational friction and create more trusted relationships with families.