Category Archives: 2017 legislative issue

TREND. Student Data Law Changes School Curriculum.

Which state added curriculum changes in its student data protection laws? Delaware

What changes ere made to public school curriculum? data security training

Why train teachers and students on data security? because human error is the largest driver of data breaches

Delaware Public Meda | First State working to incorporate data privacy training into ed prep programs

TREND. Executive Agency for Data Security. 9 Point Data Breach Reporting.

Bonjour to Canada’s Privacy Commission who oversees the data privacy of Canadians. 

The Privacy Commissioner recommended these changes to national data security laws for 2016:

Data security breach reporting should include:

  • The company’s name;
  • Contact information for someone who can answer questions on the company’s behalf;
  • Description of the breach, including:
    • The estimated number of users affected;
    • The personal information leaked;
    • The date of the breach, if known, or an…

Lege Trend. 5 Key Points from Student Data Protection laws in the Mountains.

Which state passed student data protection bills in 2016? Colorado

What does the new legislation cover? 

  • the gathering of student data
    • requires notice & consent
  • the storage of student data
    • limits on the length of storage
  • require all contractors to maintain comprehensive information security programs
    • limits contractors from sharing information unless there is express consent
  • no target advertising 
  • no building student profiles

JD Supra | Thompson Coburn LLP| Colorado jumps…

Lege Trend. 5 Benefits of Student Data Protection Legislation. Procurement. Contracts Impacted.

Connecticut passed student data privacy legislation in 2016.

A group of mothers who started the push for student data privacy reform are touting its benefits:

  • Restricting student information use by contractors providing educational software and electronic storage of student records and by operators of websites, online services, or mobile applications (i.e., apps).
  • Clarifying ownership student data collected for school purposes is not owned by any of these third-party…

3 Concerns with Model Student Data Privacy Laws.

What groups are concerned by model student data privacy laws? 24+ civil liberties and advocacy organizations

What’s the model act called? Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act

The privacy concerns about the model act:

  • broad and vague

  • does not prevent school administrators & employers from coercing or requiring students and employees to turn over highly sensitive social media account information

  • violates the Fourth or Fifth Amendment

Electronic Fronteir…

Lege Trend. 2 Concerns about Student Data Protection. Vouchers Included.

Concerns related to maintaining  data collection: Make certain the state collects enough data necessary  to improve schools

Concerns to protect student data from voucher schools: Student data must be protected from “voucher schools” that would use the data to advertise to public school students

Milwaukee Star Tribune | Legislators to study how to protect student data

Lege Trend: Student Data Protection from the North. 3 Keys to Student Data Protection.

The state: Minnesota

The approach to student data protection: Recommendations for the 2017-2018 Minnesoata Legislature

The focus: 3 Points of focus:

  • The information collected by its state department of education
  • Whether it is necessary for the state to collect the student data
  • The use of student data by vendors

Milwaukee Star Tribune | Legislators to study how to protect student data

Tort Reform Issue in Data Breaches.

The key tort issue in data breaches: whether the consumer has been injured

What’s the argument if hackers have your information isn’t that a harm to a consumer? Some courts say yes, other courts say no.

Where are cases proceeding where the harm of the data breach is only having your personal information hacked? Judges in California, Illinois and other states

Wallstreet Journal | For Consumers, Injury Is Hard to Prove in Data-Breach Cases