I am wondering if there was some private company involved that provided incentives perhaps. I know an IT consulting company was involved with the design but I don't know their relationship.
I’d wager yes firmly, a privacy invasive technology does not just fall from the sky. Salespeople are pimping it hard, and the world incrementally becomes more like a dystopian hellscape
That’s likely. School IT is fraught with cash back handers and lies at least here in the UK.
maybe, though would appear it may well be a bigger issue in Sweden - where this took place.