Parents Reject EdTech Company’s Data Rights' Claim in Student Privacy Case
Parents pushed back against an EdTech company's assertion Friday that it can collect student data without parental consent, calling it “hostile to children’s rights.”
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In a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for Central California, the parents allege that after Instructure collects students' personal data without consent, it monetizes the information. However, Instructure asserts that federal laws like the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) allow it to do this (see 2506030021).
“Instructure argues that laws that enhance student privacy actually undermine it -- specifically, by letting a private company take and use personal information from students by any means, as long as the company has a contract with the school,” the parents said. "That is a radical position unsupported by any law, especially laws enacted to protect children’s information and parents’ rights over that information.”
Case 25-02711, filed in March, alleges Instructure is violating the Fourth Amendment, 14th Amendment, the California Invasion of Privacy Act and California's Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act and Unfair Competition Law, among others (see 2503280041).