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Norway schools probed for possible data protection breaches with education software

By Matthew Newman ( May 16, 2025, 16:03 GMT | Insight) -- Norway’s privacy watchdog is investigating schools’ use of software for educational purposes, as regulators ramp up their scrutiny for possible data protection violations for the unauthorized use of children’s data by private companies. The inquiry follows an investigation by the Icelandic data protection authority into Reykjavík's schools’ use of the US-based Seesaw educational software package.Norway’s privacy watchdog is investigating schools’ use of software for educational purposes, as regulators ramp up their scrutiny for possible data protection violations for the unauthorized use of children’s data by private companies, an official at the authority told MLex in an interview....

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