“Can’t”

freedomben an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Correct, "can't". Are you suggesting they secretly violate the contract and use the data anyway?

	▲	paimapi 15 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		surely you can take two minutes out of your day and do basic websearches for privacy class actions and settlements https://www.classaction.org/news/microsoft-collects-massive-... https://www.k12dive.com/news/week-in-review-april-6-2026/816... https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/12/... https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/journalists-sue-goo... https://www.courthousenews.com/google-settles-class-action-o...
	▲	arcanemachiner 3 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		After PRISM and Room 641A, anything is possible.
	▲	63stack 4 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Yes
	▲	luckydata 25 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		they do not. I don't work there anymore and don't have any particular goodwill towards the employer that laid me off last year but I can guarantee that any data related to the education sector is under extremely strict controls.
	▲	behringer 29 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Remind me in 10 years when the story breaks.
	▲	stackghost 34 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Would anyone be shocked if they did? Tech firms seem to be immune from the law.

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afavour 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Legally they cannot, no. And sure, they could violate contracts and break data protection laws. But they’d be trading an enormous hit on their reputation, who knows how many hundreds of millions in educational contracts for, what, some basic demographic data on kids? Data they’ll almost certainly be able to get via other means once the kid becomes an adult?

I don’t like Google’s involvement in education. I don’t like Google much at all. But we should still be able to examine this stuff rationally without devolving into conspiracy theories that don’t make logical sense.

	▲	behringer 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		"reputation"