Court Dismisses Suit That Google Spied on Students in Violation of COPPA

A federal court dismissed a New Mexico lawsuit alleging that Alphabet Inc.’s Google knowingly spied on students and their families through its suite of cloud-based products for schools. U.S. District Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal ruled that the internet company didn’t violate the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, in relying on schools to review or limit what data its education platform collects and uses on behalf of students’ parents.