Modern parenting means apps for sports, school and more. What this means for data privacy

"For every aspect of a student's life, there's a tech company trying to digitize it. Inside the classroom, online tools proctor exams, create flashcards and submit assignments. Outside, technology coordinates school sports, helps bus drivers find the right route and maintains students' health records. California has a number of laws aimed at protecting children's data privacy, but those laws have exceptions that allow many tech companies to continue packaging and selling students' personal information."

"In 2014, California passed a landmark student privacy law that prohibited technology companies from selling students' data, targeting students in advertising or disclosing their personal information. Then in 2018, the state passed another unprecedented bill that required all companies give California users certain privacy rights, such as a chance to opt out of data collection and delete some of their information."

"But as technology evolved and proliferated, privacy laws repeatedly fell short in protecting California's students - at the same time that the federal government has tried to collect increasing amounts of personal information, Addis said. Her bill would restrict how AI companies use student data and create new data protections for college students. Some of Sacramento's most powerful players are paying close attention to the measure, including the California Labor Federation, which supports the bill, and the California Chamber of Commerce, which opposes it."

Technology companies are digitizing many aspects of students' lives, with online tools proctoring exams, creating flashcards, submitting assignments, coordinating sports, routing buses and maintaining health records. California has laws aimed at protecting children's data privacy but contains exceptions that permit companies to package and sell students' personal information. Assemblymember Dawn Addis is carrying a state bill to add protections for students, restrict AI companies' use of student data and create new protections for college students. California passed landmark privacy laws in 2014 and 2018 granting limits on selling student data and new user privacy rights, but those laws have fallen short as technology and federal data collection expanded. Major labor and business groups are actively involved in the bill's politics.

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