Students Rocked by Teams Data Bungle

Students rocked by Teams data bungle

A data stuff-up has resulted in the biometric data of NSW school students being collected by Microsoft Teams – with the Education Department not realising the issue “for weeks”.

Biometric data collected at schools for weeks before NSW Education became aware

Biometric data was collected from school students using Microsoft Teams for weeks before the NSW Departmen...

Student biometric data collected by Microsoft

Education minister calls for full briefing of incident.

New South Wales Education Department Caught Unaware After Microsoft Teams Began Collecting Students' Biometric Data

New submitter optical_phiber writes: In March 2025, the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education discovered that Microsoft Teams had begun collecting students' voice and facial biometric data without their prior knowledge. This occurred after Microsoft enabled a Teams feature called 'voice and ...

'Shadow Minister speaks out' – Sarah Mitchell demands answers on biometric tracking in classrooms

NSW Shadow Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has raised serious concerns over Microsoft Teams collecting students’ biometric data in schools, such as facial recognition and engagement tracking, often without parental consent. Listen to more highlights from Sydney Now below: