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HB 1612 School service providers; protection of student personal information.

Introduced by: Thomas A. "Tag" Greason | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

School service providers; student personal information. Requires each entity that, pursuant to a contract with a local school division, operates a website, mobile application, or online service that (i) is designed and marketed solely for use in elementary or secondary schools, (ii) is used at the direction of teachers or other employees at elementary or secondary schools, and (iii) collects and maintains, uses, or shares information that identifies an individual student or is linked to information that identifies an individual student to maintain certain protections for such information, including transparency, privacy policies, information security programs, and access to an individual student's personal information by the student and his parents.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

School service providers; student personal information. Requires each entity that, pursuant to a contract with a local school division, operates a website, mobile application, or online service that (i) is designed and marketed solely for use in elementary or secondary schools, (ii) is used at the direction of teachers or other employees at elementary or secondary schools, and (iii) collects and maintains, uses, or shares information that identifies an individual student or is linked to information that identifies an individual student to maintain certain protections for such information, including transparency, privacy policies, information security programs, and access to an individual student's personal information by the student and his parents.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

School service providers; student personal information. Requires each entity that operates, pursuant to a contract with a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth or a teacher in such a school, a website, mobile application, or online service that (i) is designed and marketed solely for use in elementary or secondary schools, (ii) is used at the direction of teachers or other employees at elementary or secondary schools, and (iii) collects and maintains, uses, or shares information that identifies an individual student or is linked to information that identifies an individual student to maintain certain protections for such information, including transparency, privacy policies, information security programs, and access to an individual student's person information by the student and his parents.