The Danish Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has banned the schools (folkeskoler) in Helsingør from using Google Workspace as support for teaching. Why? The municipality cannot guarantee the safety of the students’ personal data.
- Helsingør received the first warning in September 2021. They made severe mistakes in the implementation of Google Workspace into teaching. F.ex – the students got Youtube accounts with their real name.
- 40 municipalities (out of 98) use Google software as support for teaching. The Danish Data Protection Authority will investigate further 20 municipalities in regards to their use of Google Workspace and Chromebooks for education.
- Aarhus City Council spent 56 million DKK on 23.000 chromebooks given to students at the schools within the municipality. Now the municipality risks having the entire education system paralyzed if Datatilsynet decides to ban Google products.
- A Chromebook is a cheap laptop (max. 2000 DKK) that has Google Workspace for Education pre-installed. Some experts are saying that Google is using the Chromebook to collect data from the students to learn how to target them later in life.
