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Daily Dashboard | Colleges using smartphones to track students Related reading: Evolving privacy law 'exciting' for IAPP Westin Scholar

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Colleges are using smartphones and technology to track the location, academic performance and mental health of hundreds of thousands of students, The Washington Post reports. Professors and education advocates say the intrusive surveillance breaches students’ privacy. Some students said while they don’t mind a system that keeps them on track, they also did not realize how much data is being collected on their movements. Meanwhile, more than 150 colleges are encouraging incoming freshmen to download a mental health app that measures student progress and prompts them to track physical activity and symptoms, raising concerns over students’ privacy. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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