Aktürk, CemalÇubukçu, Ceren2024-07-122024-07-1220202147-57172147-6152https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/423510https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/9571Covid-19 pandemic required all of the world to make changesin their regular routines. Especially, the formal education processes needed to be updated in order to keep the students safe and healthy. Many educa-tional institutions forced to switch to distance learning for the rest of the semester so as to continue their education without interruption. Along with this switch, there has been a rise in the usage of learning management systems and webinar platforms and as a result, more data started to be generated causing big data to be formed. However, the switch to online education along with big data bring security and privacy challenges into surface. This study uses case study method and focus on Zoom platform to analyze these challenges. Zoom has been chosen for this study due to its popular use for online live classes as a free platform. Problems are dis-cussed via Zoom. Moreover, solutions are proposed to solve these prob-lems. Directing students to distance education against the Covid-19 pan-demic and forcing them to use free online platforms can cause both the students and the instructors to face many big data threats that may affect their private lives. This study highlights these threats and the big data risks of Covid-19 in the distance learning environment. It distinguishes from other studies by not only discussing the problems but also offering tangible solutions. Literature lacks resolutions to data threats in free platforms especially in education industry and this study aims to fill this gap by its contribution.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle143Ek1274235100