Digital Smarts - Google Tracking Students as It Sells Wares to Schools Privacy Experts Warn

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According to data from Futuresource Consulting, more than 50 million students and teachers use Google programs in schools worldwide, and Chromebooks are among the most popular laptops in K-12 classrooms. This concerns privacy advocates who worry about data mining, since Google is tracking and storing enough data to build profiles on individual students and deliver targeted ads.