| Title | English School Data Available to Private Firms | |
| Date | Tuesday April 29 2014, @01:25PM | |
| Author | LaminatorX | |
| Topic | ||
| from the Privatise-U dept. | ||
Wired reports on the opening to third parties of England's national-pupil-database:
Data relating to every school pupil in England is now available for use by private companies thanks to a change in legislation implemented last year. The move is part of a wider government initiative to "marketise" data, which includes initiatives such as the much-criticised Care.data and the selling off of taxpayer data by HMRC.
| Links |
printed from SoylentNews, English School Data Available to Private Firms on 2026-01-20 18:30:10