Data collection is way bigger than Facebook: How companies are spying on kids through school-issued devices – Lumen Student News

Data collection is way bigger than Facebook: How companies are spying on kids through school-issued devices – Lumen Student News:
"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent appearance before Congress is raising the public’s awareness about how the world’s largest technology companies handle users’ sensitive personal data...
...What they didn’t discuss: How Facebook and other tech giants including Google, Apple, Microsoft and others collude with the U.S. Department of Education and local schools to build a massive database of information on students that’s exempt from federal privacy protections.
Political columnist Michelle Malkin points out that the data collection “exploded after the adoption of the tech-industry-supported Common Core” federal education standards.
“The recently passed Every Student Succeeds Act further enshrined government collection of personally identifiable information – including data on attitudes, values, beliefs and dispositions – and allows its release to third-party contractors, thanks to Obama-era loopholes in the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act,” Malkin wrote..."
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