Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google
In response to student data being sent to Google through the usage of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in Danish schools, the data protection authorities (Datatilsynet) has filed an injunction.
About four years ago, concerned parent and activist Jesper Graugaard drew the issue to the agency's notice by protesting the way student data is provided to Google without any thought given to how it can be misused or what effect it might have on those individuals in the future.
The agency has now determined that there is no legal basis for all revealed purposes for the existing ways of transmitting personal data to Google. 53 municipalities in Denmark therefore need to modify their data processing procedures read more Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google.
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