Parents Need to Know Whether Schools Are Selling Their Children’s Data

ACT | The App Association executive director Morgan Reed issued a statement on today’s FTC clarification on the enforcement of children’s online privacy to provide guidance for companies that manage student data online.

School administrators often are provided few details about how online service providers handle data collected on children, and recent court cases reveal that some companies use information from the classroom to target advertising to children. Parents need to know whether schools are selling information about their children. They should get to decide whether their child’s data should be commoditized by schools to benefit advertisers.

FTC Guidance