Your example seems fine to me. My kids use Google Docs for school, and use it both for collaborating with other students at home, and to submit homework to the

Your example seems fine to me. My kids use Google Docs for school, and use it both for collaborating with other students at home, and to submit homework to the teacher. That seems to fall in your example. The risks that you describe also sound reasonable for adults to assume. However, Google, being who/what they are (organizing the world's information), shouldn't be surprised when "watchdogs" ask more of them, particularly in this case. They deliberately entered this education space. It's not just about plain advertising (to me). Whatever profiles are built from children's use of Google's services (that they are required to use through school), should be carved out from their normal data harvestinf and user profile nurturing. It should be up to Google to develop a "win/win"model whereby they can protect students and properly monitor app performance. It doesn't sound too challenging for a company like Google.