From 1 August 2024 onwards, Danish schools will no longer be allowed to enable Chromebooks and Google platforms to collect students' personal data for processing
It says that there's no legal ground for troubleshooting/measuring data to be shared with Google:
> The conclusion of the Danish Data Protection Authority's decision is that there is authority to pass on the students' information for the purpose of providing the services, improving the security and reliability of the services, communication with e.g. the municipalities and compliance with legal
obligations.
> At the same time, however, the assessment is that the Folkeskole Act does not sufficiently clearly authorize the municipalities to pass on the students' information for the maintenance and improvement of the Google Workspace for Education service, ChromeOS and the Chrome browser, or for measuring
the performance and development of new functions and services in ChromeOS and the Chrome browser.
That's very different than the DPA outright saying Chromebooks "will no longer be allowed", period. Google could introduce a toggle to separate the two in order not to lose the entire market, schools could dual-boot a Linux distro on them, and so on.
Like everything GDPR-related, it's far more nuanced than what random HN commenters want to believe.
Fair enough, that is a distinction worth making. A good one in
fact. Bceuase now Google may be forced to unlock or otherwise not
encumber Chrombeook hardware.
From 1 August 2024 onwards, Danish schools will no longer be allowed to enable Chromebooks and Google platforms to collect students' personal data for processing