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US President works with bipartisan sponsors on data bill

Thursday 5 February 2015 10:25 CET | News

The White House has started working with bipartisan sponsors on a bill to protect data collected from students through educational applications.

Obama has pushed to do more to protect privacy in an age when consumers leave a trail of digital footprints through smart phones, personal devices and social media, information that can be collected, analyzed and sold.

He has proposed action on a series of laws to address Big Data concerns. US lawmakers have worked on the issue with privacy advocates and more than 100 companies including Microsoft, Google, and Amplify to develop a privacy pledge to prevent misuse of data collected in classrooms.

The bill will ensure that data collected from students is used only for educational and legitimate research purposes.


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