Parents: Google Classroom Violated Child’s Privacy, Allowed Damaging Hack

Mealey's (November 8, 2021, 7:12 AM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A minor child, through his guardians ad litem, on Oct. 29 filed a privacy violation suit in a California federal court against Google and the school district where he attended school, alleging that Google failed to obtain consent to collect and disclose personally identifiable information (PII) related to the Google platform the child was forced to use during COVID-19-related school closures before the child’s computer device was hacked resulting in sexually explicit content being sent to the child’s teacher....