Pearson plc - Revision history

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: redirecting to pearson bc of mergereq

2025-10-31T19:44:48Z

redirecting to pearson bc of mergereq

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	~~{{MergeRequest\|These are the same company\|~~[[Pearson~~]]}}~~		#REDIRECT [[Pearson]]
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	~~{{CompanyCargo~~
	~~\|Founded=1844~~
	~~\|Website=https://plc.pearson.com/~~
	~~\|Description=Pearson is an education company that has a variety of subsidiaries that do everything from publishing educational books to providing IT exams.~~
	~~\|Logo=Pearson.png\|Type=Public\|Industry=Education, Mass Media}}~~

	Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in Yorkshire, England in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body. <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! treat this as an early draft! -->

	~~==Consumer-impact summary==~~
	~~{{Ph-C-CIS}}~~

	~~==Incidents==~~
	~~{{Ph-C-Inc}}~~
	~~===Pearson plc data breach (''November 2018'')===~~
	~~{{Main\|Pearson plc November 2018 Data Breach}}~~
	In November 2018 Pearson's digital tool "[[aimswebPlus]]", which monitored academic progress of students, was hacked. This leaked student data from 13,000 schools and one million college students.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Singer \|first=Alan \|date=November 14, 2019 \|title=Data Breach At Pearson Mis-Education \|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307111657/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education \|archive-date=March 7, 2020 \|access-date=August 15, 2025 \|work=Daily Kos}}</ref> Pearson's wasn't informed about this until March 2019 after an FBI Investigation, and only made a public statement about it months later in July 2019. In the since deleted statement<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Overland \|first=Scott \|date=July 31, 2019 \|title=Pearson customer notification \|url=https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429054944/https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html \|archive-date=April 29, 2020 \|access-date=August 15, 2025 \|website=Pearson.com}}</ref> Pearson's Scott Overland said "The exposed data was isolated to first name, last name, and in some instances may include date of birth and/or email address." <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! this is a WIP! -->

	~~===Example incident two (''date'')===~~
	~~...~~

	~~==Products==~~
	~~{{Ph-C-P}}~~

	~~==See also==~~
	~~{{Ph-C-SA}}~~

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	~~[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}~~]]

Keith: test edit

2025-09-23T22:12:27Z

test edit

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Keith: added merge req

2025-09-23T14:18:29Z

added merge req

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Keith: Swapped deletion notice for stub notice

2025-08-15T10:48:41Z

Swapped deletion notice for stub notice

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	Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in Yorkshire, England in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body. <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! treat this as an early draft! -->~~{{Ph-C-Int}}~~		Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in Yorkshire, England in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body. <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! treat this as an early draft! -->

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

Sferaphim at 09:25, 15 August 2025

2025-08-15T09:25:09Z

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	===Pearson plc data breach (''November 2018'')===		===Pearson plc data breach (''November 2018'')===
	{{Main\|Pearson plc November 2018 Data Breach}}		{{Main\|Pearson plc November 2018 Data Breach}}
	In November 2018 Pearson's digital tool "[[aimswebPlus]]", which monitored academic progress of students, was hacked. This leaked student data from 13,000 schools and one million college students.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Singer \|first=Alan \|date=November 14, 2019 \|title=Data Breach At Pearson Mis-Education \|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307111657/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education \|archive-date=March 7, 2020 \|access-date=August 15, 2025 \|work=Daily Kos}}</ref> Pearson's wasn't informed about this until March 2019 after an FBI Investigation, and only made a public statement about it months later in July 2019. In the since deleted statement<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Overland \|first=Scott \|date=July 31, 2019 \|title=Pearson customer notification \|url=https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429054944/https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html \|archive-date=April 29, 2020 \|access-date=August 15, 2025 \|website=Pearson.com}}</ref> Scott Overland said "The exposed data was isolated to first name, last name, and in some instances may include date of birth and/or email address." <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! this is a WIP! -->		In November 2018 Pearson's digital tool "[[aimswebPlus]]", which monitored academic progress of students, was hacked. This leaked student data from 13,000 schools and one million college students.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Singer \|first=Alan \|date=November 14, 2019 \|title=Data Breach At Pearson Mis-Education \|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307111657/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education \|archive-date=March 7, 2020 \|access-date=August 15, 2025 \|work=Daily Kos}}</ref> Pearson's wasn't informed about this until March 2019 after an FBI Investigation, and only made a public statement about it months later in July 2019. In the since deleted statement<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Overland \|first=Scott \|date=July 31, 2019 \|title=Pearson customer notification \|url=https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429054944/https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html \|archive-date=April 29, 2020 \|access-date=August 15, 2025 \|website=Pearson.com}}</ref> Pearson's Scott Overland said "The exposed data was isolated to first name, last name, and in some instances may include date of birth and/or email address." <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! this is a WIP! -->

	===Example incident two (''date'')===		===Example incident two (''date'')===

Sferaphim: ᓚᘏᗢ 2018 data breach incident added, though still a WIP.

2025-08-15T09:19:30Z

ᓚᘏᗢ 2018 data breach incident added, though still a WIP.

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	{{Ph-C-Inc}}		{{Ph-C-Inc}}
			===Pearson plc data breach (''November 2018'')===
			{{Main\|Pearson plc November 2018 Data Breach}}
			In November 2018 Pearson's digital tool "[[aimswebPlus]]", which monitored academic progress of students, was hacked. This leaked student data from 13,000 schools and one million college students.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Singer \|first=Alan \|date=November 14, 2019 \|title=Data Breach At Pearson Mis-Education \|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307111657/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education \|archive-date=March 7, 2020 \|access-date=August 15, 2025 \|work=Daily Kos}}</ref> Pearson's wasn't informed about this until March 2019 after an FBI Investigation, and only made a public statement about it months later in July 2019. In the since deleted statement<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Overland \|first=Scott \|date=July 31, 2019 \|title=Pearson customer notification \|url=https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429054944/https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html \|archive-date=April 29, 2020 \|access-date=August 15, 2025 \|website=Pearson.com}}</ref> Scott Overland said "The exposed data was isolated to first name, last name, and in some instances may include date of birth and/or email address." <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! this is a WIP! -->

	~~This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].~~
	~~===Example incident one (''date'')===~~
	~~{{Main\|link to the main article}}~~
	~~Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).~~
	===Example incident two (''date'')===		===Example incident two (''date'')===
	...		...

Sferaphim: Sferaphim moved page Pearson Inc. to Pearson plc: apparently "Inc." was never in the title, instead it was "plc". Whatever that means...

2025-08-15T08:10:51Z

Sferaphim moved page Pearson Inc. to Pearson plc: apparently "Inc." was never in the title, instead it was "plc". Whatever that means...

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Sferaphim: bo'ole o' wo'uh

2025-08-15T07:55:37Z

bo'ole o' wo'uh

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	\|Logo=Pearson.png\|Type=Public\|Industry=Education, Mass Media}}		\|Logo=Pearson.png\|Type=Public\|Industry=Education, Mass Media}}

	Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body. <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! treat this as an early draft! -->{{Ph-C-Int}}		Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in Yorkshire, England in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body. <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! treat this as an early draft! -->{{Ph-C-Int}}

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

Sferaphim: ᓚᘏᗢ

2025-08-15T07:50:09Z

ᓚᘏᗢ

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	\|Logo=Pearson.png\|Type=Public\|Industry=Education, Mass Media}}		\|Logo=Pearson.png\|Type=Public\|Industry=Education, Mass Media}}

	Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body.{{Ph-C-Int}}		Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body. <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! treat this as an early draft! -->{{Ph-C-Int}}

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

Sferaphim: opening section added

2025-08-15T07:46:53Z

opening section added

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	\|Website=https://plc.pearson.com/		\|Website=https://plc.pearson.com/
	\|Description=Pearson is an education company that has a variety of subsidiaries that do everything from publishing educational books to providing IT exams.		\|Description=Pearson is an education company that has a variety of subsidiaries that do everything from publishing educational books to providing IT exams.
	\|Logo=Pearson.png\|Type=Public\|Industry=Education}}		\|Logo=Pearson.png\|Type=Public\|Industry=Education, Mass Media}}
	{{Ph-C-Int}}
			Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body.{{Ph-C-Int}}

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==