In an op-ed for The New York Times, Dipayan Ghosh and Jim Steyer write that as the U.S. government begins addressing the impact of the tech sector on personal privacy, they must make a collective effort to specifically protect children’s privacy. As tech companies become further ingrained in the education system, they write that concerns have been raised over the “illegitimate sharing of and access to student data” and add “we cannot allow the industry to overtake the American classroom.” The authors point to existing efforts, including the Student Digital Privacy Act and the Do Not Track Kids bill, that could reignite children’s privacy protection measures by national policymakers. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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