Federal class action lawsuit filed vs College Board’s predatory practices | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy

Federal class action lawsuit filed vs College Board’s predatory practices | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy

FEDERAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED VS COLLEGE BOARD’S PREDATORY PRACTICES

UPDATE: Another lawsuit was filed today vs the Univ. of CA system for requiring College Board/ACT exams for admission; the lawsuit claims these exams are unconstitutional since they are racially biased and provide no meaningful info about a student’s ability to succeed.

Today a federal class action lawsuit was filed against the College Board for selling student data and for deceptive practices.  See the legal complaint here and the press release below.  If any parent wants to join the lawsuit, please email us at info@studentprivacymatters.org

There are lots of reasons to oppose the College Board selling student data through their “Student Search program” – the most obvious of which is that when they’re acting as a school vendor, this practice violates the law in 23 states (see list here) without special exceptions for the College Board and ACT, including NY.

In July 2018, the NY Times revealed that an organization to which College Board had sold student data had resold it to a for-profit company that markets expensive programs to families with dubious benefits, and that this practice may contribute to a thriving and largely unregulated commercial market in student data.  To this day, CONTINUE READING: Federal class action lawsuit filed vs College Board’s predatory practices | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy