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Damn you can't trust anyone from exploiting personal data 
02/13/24 7:04 PM ET
New York announced Tuesday that the College Board and the state reached a $750,000 settlement over that state’s claims that the SAT administrator sold students’ personal information.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York State Education Department Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced the settlement on Tuesday. As part of the agreement, the College Board will pay $750,000 in penalties and will be barred from monetizing data of New York students through its contracts with schools and school districts.
New York alleged that the College Board collected students’ personal information after they took the SATs, PSATs or AP exams. The state said the College Board “licensed this data to colleges, scholarship programs, and other customers who used it to solicit students to participate in their programs.”
“Students have more than enough to be stressed about when they take college entrance exams, and shouldn’t have to worry about their personal information being bought and sold,” James said in a statement. “New York law requires organizations like College Board to protect the data they collect from students when they take their exams in school, not sell it to customers for a profit.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/educat...-pay-750k-selling-new-york-students-sat-data/
02/13/24 7:04 PM ET
New York announced Tuesday that the College Board and the state reached a $750,000 settlement over that state’s claims that the SAT administrator sold students’ personal information.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York State Education Department Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced the settlement on Tuesday. As part of the agreement, the College Board will pay $750,000 in penalties and will be barred from monetizing data of New York students through its contracts with schools and school districts.
New York alleged that the College Board collected students’ personal information after they took the SATs, PSATs or AP exams. The state said the College Board “licensed this data to colleges, scholarship programs, and other customers who used it to solicit students to participate in their programs.”
“Students have more than enough to be stressed about when they take college entrance exams, and shouldn’t have to worry about their personal information being bought and sold,” James said in a statement. “New York law requires organizations like College Board to protect the data they collect from students when they take their exams in school, not sell it to customers for a profit.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/educat...-pay-750k-selling-new-york-students-sat-data/