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A State Auditor Looks into 5 School District Student Data Collection

The Missouri State Auditor is looking into data security, data breach, data retention policies in 5 school districts.

The review also included reviewing the state education agency data policies. The state agency will soon adopt policies related to data breaches.

MissouriNet | Missouri education department to change student data collection after audit

Student Data Security Regulatory Trend from State of Huckleberry Finn. 4 Things the Agency Will Do Differently.

Which state is getting on the student data security bandwagon? Missouri

What prompted regulatory action by the Missouri Department of Education? An Audit that found the department of education “unnecessarily collected and kept personal information from students”

What chages will occur at this education agency? 

  • Missouri will no longer colelct and store student social security numbers when they don’t need social security numbers
  • Missouri will destroy unneeded sensitive data from its…