Give children the right to opt-out of personal data-sharing by schools.

More and more of our children's personal data, including behaviour records, is being collected by schools and shared with the private sector via cloud services owned by tech companies like Amazon. I don't think the data is safe and the rules about who gets to look at the data might change.

This petition closed on 6 Nov 2019 with 26 signatures


Reticulating Splines

You may be interested in these active petitions

1. Ban the construction of new AI data centres - 9,628 signatures
2. Add specific content on men’s mental health to RSE & health guidance for schools - 3,231 signatures
3. Introduce the Right to Breastfeed and Express at Work - 5,537 signatures
4. Increase the personal tax allowance threshold to £20,000 - 2,126 signatures
5. Adjourn the implementation of the 36 extra members of the Senedd until 2030 - 3,491 signatures

Data is being sucked onto the cloud at an alarming rate and we have no idea who in the future will use this data and for what purposes. Most of us have heard stories of data misuse by tech companies. Apps like ClassCharts (developed by Edukey, a TES company) process children's behaviour data and use it to create individual behaviour charts for use in classrooms. As well as jeopardising children's privacy, apps like these may cause some children to feel shame and distress at school.


Petition Signatures over time

Constituency Data

Reticulating Splines