Schools Spend Weeks Vetting EdTech Tools for Data Privacy. 9ine Did It for Vidigami.

Vidigami is now 9ine certified — independently vetted for data privacy and protection in school communities.

Every school has a list. Software tools to evaluate, vendors to vet, contracts to review. It’s time-consuming work — and for most schools, it falls on IT directors and data protection officers who are already stretched thin.

Photo management sits in a particularly sensitive spot on that list. The media your school collects — student faces, events, classroom moments — needs to be handled carefully. Schools know it. Parents expect it. And evaluating whether a vendor actually meets that standard is its own full-time job.

That’s the problem 9ine set out to solve.

9ine is a data protection and cybersecurity consultancy working with over 350 schools across 120+ countries. They review EdTech vendors so that schools don’t have to start from scratch every time a new tool enters their ecosystem. Under their Vendor Recognition Programme, vendors are assessed against rigorous standards for data privacy and protection. Only those that meet them earn certification.

Vidigami is now one of them.

The assessment wasn’t a checkbox exercise. 9ine reviewed Vidigami’s contract documentation, privacy notices, and information security policies — and confirmed alignment with privacy best practices. Schools that want to go deeper can access the full assessment report for free through the 9ine Certified Vendor Programme page.

The certification matters because it changes the conversation for schools. Instead of building an internal evaluation from zero — reviewing documentation, asking vendors the right questions, assessing technical controls — schools can start from a position of confidence. 9ine has already done the work.

For Vidigami, it’s recognition of something the team has built deliberately from the start: a platform where privacy isn’t an add-on. Consent management, access controls, and data ownership are embedded into the core of how the platform works. The certification is an independent confirmation of that.

For school leaders evaluating photo management platforms, the 9ine certification is a practical shortcut — not a rubber stamp. It means a respected, independent third party with deep expertise in school data protection has reviewed Vidigami and found it meets their standard. That’s a conversation your IT director doesn’t have to start from scratch.