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Denmark’s regulator opposes Google’s policy that allows student data from Chromebooks and Google Workplace for Education to be used even if it is not used for ad targeting.
The Danish privacy regulator Datatilsysnet has decided that Danish cities need significantly greater privacy protection guarantees for the use of Google services that can reveal children’s data, BleepingComputer reports with reference to the decision.
The agency found that Google was using student data from Chromebooks and Google Workplace for Education “for its own purposes,” a gross violation of European privacy laws. Municipalities (read: city governments) have until March 1 to provide a clear explanation of what measures they plan to implement to comply with the order to stop the transfer of data to Google. Otherwise, from August 1, teachers must completely abandon the use of Chromebooks.
The regulator ruled that municipalities cannot send data to Google until laws change or Google provides the ability to filter student information. Google’s formulation of using data for purposes such as performance analysis or developing new features is a problem in their understanding, even if targeted advertising is not included. It’s likely that regulators see the risks of using student data to develop and improve the artificial intelligence features that are increasingly becoming part of Google Workspace and Chromebooks.
Previously, Datatilsysnet concluded that permission to use Google Workspace for Education in local schools was issued prematurely, and cities actually paid little attention to risk assessment. In 2022, the commission requires 53 municipalities to carry out a re-evaluation in order to lift the previous ban on data sharing for the city of Helsingor. One of the requirements of the “re-certification” process, which resulted in a new order with a potential ban, was to provide information on how Google uses the information it collects about students and where it sends that data.
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