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= Privacy concerns regarding Google = Google has been offering services for free to the public including e-mail services as well as educational applications to schools. For instance, the Google Apps for Education is a free platform used by educational institutions. In Atlanta, Forsyth County Schools has been monitoring Google Apps for Education to make sure that its students and faculty are not exposed to the risk of data mining. Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was established in 1974 to protect the data security of students. Concerns and questions have been raised over the years as to whether data companies such as google are complying with FERPA. There is also another federal law protecting students called the Children's Online Privacy protection Act (COPPA) of the year 2000. Google has faced criticism from the public concerning Privacy issues which has affected google's decisions in many ways. For instance, after the announcement of google glass in April 2012, google turned down its plan to incorporate facial recognition features on this device. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFC), a nonprofit organization which deals with civil liberties, has raised concerns regarding privacy issues pertaining to student data after conducting a survey which showed that a majority of parents, students and teachers are concerned that student privacy is being breached. According to EFC, the Federal Trade Commission has ignored complaints from the public that google has been harvesting student data and search results even after holding talks with the Department of Education in 2018.