Gizmodo's tests find the College Board website shares GPAs, SAT scores, and other information with Facebook and TikTok via tracking pixels. The College Board has a years-long history of sharing and selling student data.

Gizmodo’s tests find the College Board website shares GPAs, SAT scores, and other information with Facebook and TikTok via tracking pixels. The College Board has a years-long history of sharing and selling student data.

  • cdf12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    1 year ago

    So this is only passing the SAT score that a person uses in their searches? Not what they actually scored on their test?

    Like if I search for colleges that take 1550 score that will get passed to Facebook, not my real score?

    • jvisick@programming.devEnglish
      29·
      1 year ago

      “If a student uses the college search tool on CB.org, the student can add a GPA and SAT score range to the search filters. Those values are passed [to Facebook]”

      So they don’t associate your official score to your browser, but presumably students who are using that search tool would be searching their real score - or a range close to it.

      The headline is fairly leading, but the statement from the College Board is also fairly misleading. They’re not directly selling your official score to advertisers, but they’re indirectly selling data about you that gives a pretty good idea of your score.

      • cdf12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Right, my concern was how the official score was being attached to a pixel while still staying “ anonymous”.

        • crazyman@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          “Anonymous” is a super broad term in tracking. All it means is that you are given a unique ID by Facebook while they track you. But that ID is the same across any site that integrates Pixel. So they have a metric ton of your browsing data tied to the same ID even though it’s across a few dozen or hundred websites. They also use that same ID when you’re on Facebook itself, so they can serve ads based on that ID instead of your Facebook account. It helps them to skirt some privacy requirements while still building a super detailed profile of you.

          • cdf12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            That’s what I meant. “Anonymous” in the sense Facebook only assigns you a number. The meta data in aggregate is what would probably identify you.

            I was trying to figure out how the college board was passing test scores with a confirmation of identity not just attaching a query history with a very strong potential for accuracy.