3 TakeAways. Education Vendors + Data Security = The Bill that Set Public Education Contract Policy in the Mountain Laurel State

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State: Connecticut

The Data Security for Education Contracts Bill: 2016’s  H.B. No. 5469

3 Takeaways for Education Vendors:

  • All vendors need written data privacy agreements
    • All means all from yearbook publishers to niche apps to Google
  • 2 Policy Goals the state wanted to meet:
    • Protect students from targeted advertising
    • Require notification of data breaches 
  • The unintended consequence: Each data privacy contract is required by each school district which led to a lot of legal fees for school districts

 

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