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Re:Google hasn’t updated its iOS apps in weeks to avoid prov... by nexuist on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @07:33PM (#25653347)
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).
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Re:Google hasn’t updated its iOS apps in weeks to avoid prov... by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:11PM (#25654317)
The attorney general of New Mexico believes otherwise: 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-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.

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