Feb 23, 2020, 2:10 PM
(from the New York Times) New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google late last week, saying the tech giant used its educational products to spy on the state’s children and families. Google collected a trove of students’ personal information, including data on their physical locations, websites they visited, YouTube videos they watched and their voice recordings, said the AG in a federal lawsuit. The case alleges Google violated the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act which requires companies to obtain a parent’s consent before collecting the name, contact information and other personal details from a child under 13. Google says it allows schools to control account access and requires that schools obtain parental consent when necessary.
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