Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools over data transfer risks – TechCrunch
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Denmark is effectively banning Google’s services in schools, after officials in the municipality of Helsingør were last year ordered to carry out a risk assessment around the processing of personal data by Google. In a verdict published last week, Denmark’s data protection agency, Datat…
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Nice.

Something I never understood about using gogole for schools is that you have to have a constant internet connection which many in rural (and even urban) USA don’t have. Why not just make it downloadable instead?

Makes sense. Google isn’t a trustworthy company.

Good. In the meantime my GP asked me to send my medical data to theirs @gmail.com address… long way to go.

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sadly, for most people email = gmail. you use a different domain and they look at you in a weird way.

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