Chrome use subject to restrictions in Dutch schools over data security concerns

The Dutch Ministry of Education has decided to impose some restrictions on the use of the Chrome OS and Chrome web browser until August 2023 over concerns about data privacy.

The officials worry that Google services collect student data and make it available to large advertising networks, who use it for purposes beyond helping education.

Since the national watchdog doesn't know where or how the students' personal data is stored and processed, there are concerns about violating European Union's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

It always irritates me to no end when people claim all the GDPR ever did was create cookie prompts (it didn't - those prompts aren't even GDPR compliant), when in fact, it's been leading to things like this, where governments and advocacy groups now have the legal means to fight companies that violate the privacy rights of those of us in the EU. In this particular case, Google is being forced to change its privacy systems for the better.

It's a sign of things to come now that the DMA has been fully passed.