Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague Senator Daines for his extraordinarily valuable work on this bipartisan bill, which will help protect students, help safeguard the privacy of young people, which would be considered separately from the measure now before us, the Every Child Achieves Act, which will strengthen the Federal Government's commitment to ensuring that every child has access to a high-quality education. The bill Senator Daines and I are offering ensures that every child is protected during their education from invasive and intrusive sharing and selling of highly private information about their educational progress--all kinds of sensitive, personal data that are accumulated and collected by school authorities and the companies that contract with them in the course of that child's education. When a parent signs a take-home form permitting their children to use a learning application in math class, for example, they have no assurance right now--none--regarding what information the app company will collect or how the app company will protect that information. That kind of very personal, identifiable, confidential information is inadequately protected in many school systems around the country. If that app company fails to protect the personal information of the student and their family, it could be stolen by hackers. It could be breached.…”