Thursday, October 31, 2013

Bloomberg News: SAT and ACT College Test Companies Sued Over Data Sales

ACT Inc. and the College Board, companies that administer college admissions tests taken by high school students across the U.S., were accused in a lawsuit of selling personal data without permission.

ACT and the College Board, whose exams include the SAT and those for advanced placement, ask for permission to share data including names, birth dates and social security numbers without disclosing that information is being sold to scores of buyers for about 33 cents a student, according to the complaint in federal court in Chicago. The plaintiff, Illinois resident Rachel Specter, accuses the companies of breach of contract for selling the personal identifying information, or PII.

Entire article at:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-31/sat-and-act-college-test-companies-sued-over-data-sales.html

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