Cork ETB said data protection personnel were 'actively working' with the school in question. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Concerns have been raised about the use of the data of more than 350,000 children after post-primary schools provided students’ information to a private company that tracks academic performance.

More than 400 post-primary schools employ software called Athena Tracker, which uses students’ data to predict and monitor each individual’s capabilities, alerting

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