Court Lets Parents Appeal Dismissed Kids Privacy Case Against EdTech Platform
A federal judge on Thursday allowed a group of parents to file an appeal instead of an amended complaint in a previously dismissed child privacy case against an education technology platform. The court released a final judgment one day after the plaintiffs made the request at the U.S. District Court for Central California.
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The plaintiffs, California and Maryland parents on behalf of their minor children, filed a class-action lawsuit against Instructure in March, alleging the company monetized the personal information of users, mostly school-aged children, without their consent (see 2503280041). Earlier in August, the district court dismissed case 25-02711 on the grounds that the plaintiffs failed to plausibly allege specific facts about the taking or use of data (see 2508050033).
Instructure also asserted during the case that it had federal and state authorization for its actions (see 2506030021).