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There is no way Google is violating COPPA. It may be collecting a lot of data from students, but I doubt they are actively violating the law (or that their lega

There is no way Google is violating COPPA. It may be collecting a lot of data from students, but I doubt they are actively violating the law (or that their legal department would let them do so at the risk of losing almost all of their cloud and educational business).

ocdtrekkie 6y ago
The attorney general of New Mexico believes otherwise: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/20/21145698/google-student-privacy-lawsuit-education-schools-chromebooks-new-mexico-balderas https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/20/21145698/google-student-p... (Actually two separate ongoing cases are discussed here.) Here's another suit from Illinois, both regarding COPPA and the Illinois BIPA: https://www.cnet.com/news/two-children-sue-google-for-allegedly-collecting-students-biometric-data/ https://www.cnet.com/news/two-children-sue-google-for-allege... There's more, mind you, but suffice to say, every school who is using the Classroom platform is going to be dealing with a lot of angry parents soon.