Tech firm fined $1.1m by California for selling high-school students’ data

GoFan penalized for breaching privacy laws after students used service to sign up for football games and school prom The California Privacy Protection Agency has fined tech company GoFan $1.1m for swiping and selling data from high school students across the state who used the service to sign up for events including football games, school plays and senior prom. Before signing up for school events, software by GoFan – a ticketing business owned by PlayOn, a media company that streams high scho...

By Roque Planas