Parents Appeal Kids Privacy Case Against Ed Tech Platform to 9th Circuit
California and Maryland parents on Monday appealed a child privacy case against an education technology platform to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. District Court for Central California ruled in favor of Instructure earlier this month, saying the parents failed to plausibly allege specific facts about the taking or use of data (see 2508050033).
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Rather than filing an amended complaint, the parents made a request to drop case 2:25-cv-02711 and appeal the decision instead, which the district court granted Thursday (see 2508140022).
The parents, on behalf of their minor children, filed a class-action lawsuit against Instructure in March, alleging that the company monetized the personal information of users, mostly school-aged children, without their consent (see 2503280041). During proceedings, Instructure asserted that it had federal and state authorization for its actions (see 2506030021).