Google accused of tracking school kids after it promised not to

Google has been collecting information about schoolchildren’s browsing habits despite signing a pledge saying it was committed to their privacy, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a complaint filed Tuesday.

The digital rights group said Google’s use of the data, collected through its Google for Education program, puts the company in breach of Section 5 of the Federal Communications Act and asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate.

“Despite publicly promising not to, Google mines students’ browsing data and other information, and uses it for the company’s own purposes,” the EFF said.

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