A Chicago public school student and his parent have sued the school system and several education technology companies for illegally collecting sensitive personal data using the platform Naviance.
The college-readiness platform provides planning tools and counseling—and, according the purported class action filed Aug. 18—has been a vehicle by which companies can extract personal data.
“While the benefits of such products are questionable, what is not, is the amount of data they gather about the schoolchildren that use them,” said plaintiff Q.J. and his parent J.J.
The complaint names Naviance provider PowerSchool Holdings LLC, its subsidiary Hobsons Inc., and the Board ...