Posted 3/13/2024, 9:00:00 AM
Senator Raises Data Privacy Concerns Over Chinese-Owned Online Tutoring Firm With US School Contracts
- Chinese-owned Tutor.com provides tutoring services and has contracts with over 100 US school districts, collecting student data
- Tutor.com is owned by Primavera Capital Group, also associated with TikTok's parent ByteDance
- Sen. Tom Cotton urged the DoD to explain its tutoring contract with Tutor.com, concerned about data access
- As a Chinese company, Tutor.com could be compelled to share data with China under national security laws
- Tutor.com claims it is an American company, underwent US review, does not share personal data with Primavera, and has safeguards in place