For Sale: Survey #Data on Millions of High School Students - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/business/for-sale-survey-data-on-millions-of-high-school-students.html
Consumers’ personal details are collected in countless ways these days, from Instagram clicks, dating profiles and fitness apps. While many of those efforts are aimed at adults, the recruiting methods for some student recognition programs give a peek into the widespread and opaque world of data mining for millions of minors — and how students’ profiles may be used to target them for educational and noneducational offers. MyCollegeOptions, for instance, says it may give student loan services, test prep and other companies access to student data.