Summer greetings from us.Have you heard about the ban issued by Denmark's Data Protection Authority? In a case about the use of Chromebooks in Helsingør Municipality, the Danish Data Protection Authority has banned the use of Workspace - the programs on Chromebooks - for two reasons; that students' information can leak over to Google, regardless of how the municipalities try to protect themselves against it. Furthermore, this specific municipality couldn't guarantee the students' information cannot be handed over to American authorities, which is against an EU ruling.Given the potential scale of impact, this development is highly significant. As Jonathan Viner from Nordic Edtech news mentions;"The verdict that, 'many of the conclusions in this decision will probably apply to other municipalities that use the same processing structure' is notable and could affect other suppliers with third country data solutions."Google Cloud has already published a statement and we have understood from Amazon AWS, that they have researched the developments as well. How do you think these developments impact Edtech entrepreneurs across Europe?
The Processing Ban in the Chromebook case
The Processing Ban in the Chromebook case
The Processing Ban in the Chromebook case
Summer greetings from us.Have you heard about the ban issued by Denmark's Data Protection Authority? In a case about the use of Chromebooks in Helsingør Municipality, the Danish Data Protection Authority has banned the use of Workspace - the programs on Chromebooks - for two reasons; that students' information can leak over to Google, regardless of how the municipalities try to protect themselves against it. Furthermore, this specific municipality couldn't guarantee the students' information cannot be handed over to American authorities, which is against an EU ruling.Given the potential scale of impact, this development is highly significant. As Jonathan Viner from Nordic Edtech news mentions;"The verdict that, 'many of the conclusions in this decision will probably apply to other municipalities that use the same processing structure' is notable and could affect other suppliers with third country data solutions."Google Cloud has already published a statement and we have understood from Amazon AWS, that they have researched the developments as well. How do you think these developments impact Edtech entrepreneurs across Europe?