EdTech Arbitration Outside Kids’ Privacy Law Scope, FTC Says (1)

Federal children’s privacy law doesn’t bind parents and children to every part of an education company’s terms of service agreement just because school districts agreed to them, the Federal Trade Commission said in an amicus brief.

The agency filed the brief Monday in a class action from a group of parents against educational technology provider IXL Learning Inc. in the US District Court for the for Northern District of California.

The parents sued the edtech firm in May, accusing it of violating federal wiretapping laws by collecting and selling student’s personal information without parental consent. The families also accused IXL ...