Free software at the education service in accordance with the law

Nowadays, protection of personal data is an important issue when developing software. In 1999, the Organic Law of Personal Data (LOPD) was passed in Spain. According to this Law, every computer application which works with personal data has to be adapted to be in accordance with the LOPD requirements. However, there is no doubt that many personal data is currently improperly managed, especially by education centers and professors. This article presents GADM (Gestor de Alumnos para Dispositivos Móviles), an ad-hoc free software specially designed to help teachers to manage and monitor school information about the students´ progress, their evaluation marks, etc. Moreover, GADM offers secure communications and appropriate management of such kind of data in educational environments. Our application has been tested by several teachers at the secondary education stage, with very satisfactory results.