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Wow, where do I start with how insane this is?
Those aren't 'services', those are personal privacy intrusions. For PROFIT. There is no way this could happen without the school's cooperation. AFTER they got the parent's permission, that's not good enough. They ought not only to have that permission (not to mention spelling it out for each student), but also know exactly what data is gathered, every place it is sent to, what privacy protections are in place, and what is done with it once it's "evaluated", In detail, per student, 24/7.
"student communications monitoring" 24-7 and/or outside of school is SPYING. There is NO legal OR educational OR ethical mandate for this collecting.
If the kids don't know about unknown adults prying into their personal lives, AND KEEPING RECORDS ABOUT IT, that's not necessarily their fault. If the parents don't know about it, that's the school's fault for not getting their knowing permission. AND guarantee their physical and mental safety. (Which is impossible, because as we hear about all the time, hospitals, banks, companies, etc. are constantly leaking personal information or getting hit by ransomware attacks.
If I was the parent of one of those students and wasn't told about it, I'd sue that school into a coma.