New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a lawsuit against Google alleging it violated the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act by illegally collecting personal information of children under 13, The Associated Press reports. Filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, the lawsuit argues Google uses its “G Suite for Education” products to collect information including location data, websites visited and saved passwords without consent of students’ parents. “Tracking student data without parental consent is not only illegal, it is dangerous,” Balderas said in a statement.
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