NY State Hires Bill Gates Firm to Collect Data on Childrenselfnews Post New York hired a non-profit private contractor inBloom, funded by the Bill Gates Foundation, as the gatekeeper of this data. The student database called EngageNY, which is a strong proponent of Common Core, will be shared with InBlooms partners prior to being released to other third parties. EngageNYs spokesman, Tom Dunn, announcedThe full data set (names and addresses) will be shared securely with our partners about two months prior to the full release. Yet the information will not be released to the public, just private third parties and government agencies. 