The New South Wales education department was taken by surprise when Microsoft began collecting voice and facial biometric data from students via the Teams app in March. This data collection, enabled by default, aimed to enhance audio quality and improve speaker recognition. Upon discovering the feature's activation, the education department swiftly disabled it and deleted the created biometric profiles. Despite immediate action, they did not clarify the number of affected students or if they had been informed regarding the data collection, raising privacy concerns from parents.
Microsoft's collection of voice and facial biometric data from school students without prior notice surprised the New South Wales education department, leading to immediate action.
The feature was quickly disabled, and any profiles created were deleted within 24 hours once the education department became aware of the situation.
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