Data sharing in Dutch education using the ECK iD
Data sharing in Dutch education using the ECK iD Nearly every pupil in Dutch primary education (PO), secondary education (VO) and vocational education (MBO) has an identifier that schools, publishers, distributors and learning platforms use instead of their name or citizen service number (BSN). It is called the ECK iD: a pseudonym of the BSN, generated by a central service called the Nummervoorziening. It exists so that schools and their suppliers can reliably share data about a pupil without passing around the BSN. This post explains why we have the ECK iD, how it is generated, who is …
