surely you can take two minutes out of your day and do basic websearches for privacy class actions and settlements

https://www.classaction.org/news/microsoft-collects-massive-...

https://www.k12dive.com/news/week-in-review-april-6-2026/816...

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/12/...

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/journalists-sue-goo...

https://www.courthousenews.com/google-settles-class-action-o...

After PRISM and Room 641A, anything is possible.

they do not. I don't work there anymore and don't have any particular goodwill towards the employer that laid me off last year but I can guarantee that any data related to the education sector is under extremely strict controls.

Remind me in 10 years when the story breaks.

Would anyone be shocked if they did? Tech firms seem to be immune from the law.

Yes