Me2B Alliance, a non-profit industry group focused on respectful technology, today published a research report to drive awareness to the data sharing practices of education apps associated with schools and school districts in US. According to the research findings, 60% of school apps were sending student data to a variety of third parties, including advertising platforms like Google and Facebook. On average, there were more than 10 third-party data channels per app. Download the report, “School Mobile Apps Student Data Sharing Behavior,” at no charge.
— source me2ba.org | May 4, 2021