Parents in the US fight to get records of their kids' online activities deleted
School district now conducts an annual 'Data Deletion Week' to purge unnecessary student information from the Google platform and other online applications

Worries about what online information could mean for children's future prospects
A group of parents in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), in a suburb of Washington DC, have fought to implement an annual "Data Deletion Week" to ensure that the records of their kids' online activities...
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