Chicago Student Advances PowerSchool Suit Over Data Collection

PowerSchool Holdings LLC and the Chicago Board of Education are set to face most claims of a proposed class action alleging they illegally collected and disclosed students’ personal information through a higher-education preparedness platform.

The anonymous plaintiff and his parent adequately pleaded claims of breach of contract and violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Stored Communications Act, and the California Invasion of Privacy Act, Judge Jorge L. Alonso of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Wednesday.

Alonso granted the PowerSchool’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims under section 1983 and granted co-defendant Heap ...