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Why We Are Here => Hardware & Technology => Topic started by: Brad on July 19, 2022, 07:01:11 PM

Title: Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools
Post by: Brad on July 19, 2022, 07:01:11 PM
QuoteDenmark is effectively banning Google's services in schools, after officials in the municipality of Helsingør were last year ordered to carry out a risk assessment around the processing of personal data by Google.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/18/denmark-bans-chromebooks-and-google-workspace-in-schools-over-gdpr/
Title: Re: Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools
Post by: Rumbas on July 21, 2022, 01:52:09 PM
Hmm, don't know what to think of it.. whining and complaining and once they have to offer the students a (much more expensive) alternative, they will complain again. I mean what data could be remotely interesting to share with Google?
GDPR my arse.
Title: Re: Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools
Post by: Brad on July 22, 2022, 11:16:16 AM
Now it's spreading to the Netherlands.

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/dutch-schools-must-stop-using-google-email-and-cloud-services/