Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Google’s Apps for Education may violate US laws over handling of students’ data

Is MCPS going to be using Google Apps for Education to assign e-mails to students using the new Chromebooks? BOE members tried to ask questions today about acceptable use and policies surrounding these 40,000 new devices but were cut off by Superintendent Joshua Starr.


Google’s Apps for Education may violate US laws over handling of students’ data
Google faces a lawsuit in California over whether bulk scanning of emails to deliver advertisements breaches state and federal wiretap laws.
In its filings for the lawsuit, the company has also admitted scanning the contents of emails sent and received by American students who attend schools which use the company’s Apps for Education suite. ButAmerica’s Education Week magazine says that that raises new questions about the compatibility between US child-protection laws and “big data”.
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  1. AnonymousJuly 15, 2014 at 12:58 PM

    Hmmm. And MCPS is buying Chromebooks?

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    1. Janis SartucciJuly 15, 2014 at 12:59 PM

      Yes. At BOE discussion just brought up that there is a BETA App that connects the two, but it is still in development.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 15, 2014 at 4:11 PM

    It is almost a certainty that the appearance of US law violations will deter Google from conducting data mining.

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    1. Janis SartucciJuly 15, 2014 at 4:14 PM

      They already did it and it is taking lawsuits to stop them.

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