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Van Deaver has filed HB 2156 which the author says protects student data in 8 ways.
• Not sell student information;
• Not behaviorally target advertising;
• Use data for authorized education purposes only;
• Not change privacy policies without notice and choice;
• Enforce strict limits on data retention;
• Support parental access to, and correction of error…
Theodore Kobus III, co-leader of the Privacy and Data Security Practice at Baker Hostetler, favors state regulation over one size fits all federal regulation of data security notification.
He suggests the right template for data security is HIPAA’s approach. HIPPA has been functioning for more than 10 years and has no uniform standard for security.
Businesses need flexibility to respond to data breaches. The flexibility is necessary based on 3 factors:
Selling student data is a hot topic. Education businesses want to buy student data to tweak their products. Releasing student data is of increasing concern to data privacy advocates, especially since data related to children is far more valuable on the black market.
Maryland is bouncing around how to protect student data. Proposals include:
A panel in rugged, independent Idaho is creating a task force to study:
State and federal agencies collect nearly 566 data points per student. Last year, Idaho passed a law that can fine school districts up to $50,000 for student data security breaches.
In 2014, California passed bills to protect student data from contractors. What did the bills do?
The White House released proposals to protect data. Student data. Energy data. Tech data. 75 Companies have said “Aye.” Including the big dogs- Apple and Microsoft.
Education Data Protection:
WSJhttp://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/01/12/white-house-moves-to…
In 2014 California passed a number of data security bills to protect students, consumers and patients, including:
Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World (California’s SB 568)
Prohibits marketing or advertising alcohol, firearms and tobacco to minors
Prohibits using, disclosing, or compiling a minor’s personal information (or permitting a third party to do so).
Intended…
36 states considered 110 bills related to student data protection and privacy in 2014. The usual and obvious bills to ban collecting and/or storing student data were filed. And more nuanced bills were fild such as those which granted State Baords of Education privacy powers to protect student data.
Need some pictures to show what was considered throughout the country? Check out the Data Quality Campaign. [
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Schools have been tracking students to make them safer and more efficicent. The more data that is collected, the more information there is that can be fruitful to the nefarious hackers. This year Florida became the first state to ban the collection of biometric identifiers from students. In 2014, 36 states considersidered 110 bills on protecting data security of students. What type of student data protections are we seeing?Data Security Quagmire: Public School Student Data