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Re:The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT Scores by wouldbecouldbe on Friday August 25, 2023 @09:43AM (#37261642)
There is absolutely no reason for a public org to send this data to FB or Tiktok. Even if in your opinion "it's just search".

There are 2 reasons they are doing that, they actually think it's valuable data for tracking, analytics & finding similar profiles on sociale media; and that makes the concern valid. Or they just didn't think about it, and send over as much data as possible

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Re:The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT Scores by dgrin91 on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:26AM (#37262102)
Its not a public org though. - its non-profit. I'm not a fan of sharing search data either, but I think its unfair to put extra shame on College Board.
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Re:The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT Scores by wouldbecouldbe on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:44AM (#37262288)
If it's the org managing the student's GPA it's public since it's dealing with public information citizens are unable to opt out off, independent of it's legal entity.
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Re:The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT Scores by dgrin91 on Friday August 25, 2023 @12:25PM (#37263572)
That's now how public organizations are defined in the slightest....

You can complain that the way the world works is broken & should be fixed, but you can't redefine words to make your argument.

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