This post is preserved as part of the public record and historical documentation of community engagement at that time. For broader regulatory and governance context, see: We are sharing this August 16th article and Action Alert by Montgomery Countryside Alliance (mocoalliance.org) Thrive 2050: What it Says, What it Will Do, and Why We Have to Hit Pause OF NOTE related to the proliferation of close-proximity small cells from that article, please find this linked PDF: […]
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MCPS Students’ Personal Data Is Used for Race-based Profiling & Profits
Dear Parents/Guardians/Students, 5 years ago, local parents discovered something fishy about Naviance, the online college and career readiness platform MCPS kids use starting in 6th grade: Naviance profiles kids using their personal information (yours, too) and sells it. We brought this to the attention of MCPS. Repeatedly. Meeting after meeting, nothing happened. Now the nation knows, thanks to a 1/22/22 investigative report in The Markup. Schools in Europe, where privacy laws are much stricter, replaced […]
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