The ACT and the College Board sued over alleged unlawful sale of test-takers’ private information

As Emily Babay of philly.com explains

The companies that administer the SAT and ACT college entrance exams are
being sued over their sales of students' personal information to outside
parties. A lawsuit filed this week contends that the College Board, which  runs the SAT, and ACT, Inc., sell identifying
information about the hundreds of thousands of teenagers who take the exams each
year without the students' consent.The test companies are "masking the
sale" of personal details about the students "under the guise of
'sharing'" the teens' information with other agencies, the suit says. It
says the companies don't disclose to students that their personal information
will be sold for profit.

Read the
federal-court class-action complaint.

A lawsuit filed this week contends that the College Board, which runs the SAT, and ACT, Inc.,
sell identifying information about the hundreds of thousands of
teenagers who take the exams each year without the students' consent.

The test companies are "masking the sale" of personal details about
the students "under the guise of 'sharing'" the teens' information with
other agencies, the suit says. It says the companies don't disclose to
students that their personal information will be sold for profit.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/College_Board_ACT_sued_over_sale_of_student_information.html#3l2WYv7Q42DK5Jja.99

The
companies that administer the SAT and ACT college entrance exams are
being sued over their sales of students' personal information to outside
parties.

A lawsuit filed this week contends that the College Board, which runs the SAT, and ACT, Inc.,
sell identifying information about the hundreds of thousands of
teenagers who take the exams each year without the students' consent.

The test companies are "masking the sale" of personal details about
the students "under the guise of 'sharing'" the teens' information with
other agencies, the suit says. It says the companies don't disclose to
students that their personal information will be sold for profit.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/College_Board_ACT_sued_over_sale_of_student_information.html#3l2WYv7Q42DK5Jja.99

The
companies that administer the SAT and ACT college entrance exams are
being sued over their sales of students' personal information to outside
parties.

A lawsuit filed this week contends that the College Board, which runs the SAT, and ACT, Inc.,
sell identifying information about the hundreds of thousands of
teenagers who take the exams each year without the students' consent.

The test companies are "masking the sale" of personal details about
the students "under the guise of 'sharing'" the teens' information with
other agencies, the suit says. It says the companies don't disclose to
students that their personal information will be sold for profit.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/College_Board_ACT_sued_over_sale_of_student_information.html#3l2WYv7Q42DK5Jja.99

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