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"...the core business model of this company is to harvest as much information as is technologically possible on our children and then monetize that data.” She continued, “We are alleging that this monetization involves sharing our kids’ personal information with dozens of other companies for a host of commercial purposes.”..."

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"...The lawsuit also claims [i]Curriculum Associates “uses student information to build highly invasive psychological profiles on children that purport to predict future student behavior and performance but are often to the students’ detriment.”[/i] While that alone is concerning, Petrossi says her biggest issue is that she did not give consent. Because of that, she argues that “Curriculum Associates’ conduct around this violates both state and federal laws.

In a nutshell, Liddell said during the episode, “This is a privacy lawsuit,” adding, “This is a lawsuit about unjust enrichment.” That’s because he and Petrossi believe the company “is taking student information and sharing it without parent consent...."[/quote]

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