The perils of the BIG "helping" school IT

The perils of the BIG "helping" school IT

Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Hi all

I don't think anybody in this enthusiastic community cares. Still thought of planting a pointer, for future reference.

We all aware of the work load of school teachers and how it only gets worse over the years. And also of the demands on the use of IT and how underpowered their IT departments are. So it is understandable that the teachers gladly outsource the service to the BIG and turn a blind eye to their possible abuse. In this special case, sacrificing data of minors who are entrusted to them. It can simply not possible, the pioneer of the BIG is also a big philanthropist.
;-P

Anyway, long story short, the governments are waking up to the damage. Here is a recent incident:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/11/17/0529236/dutch-government-report-says-microsoft-office-telemetry-collection-breaks-eu-gdpr-laws