INTERIM Lege Trend: Protect Student Data Leading the Pack in the North. 3 Bits of Informed Intel.

Minnesota wants to do a better job protecting student data privacy. Here’s what the land of 10,000 lakes is proposing in its House Bill 2386:

  • prohibit schools from forcing students to supply their access information to personal social media accounts
  • prohibit school employees from forcing students to alter the settings of their accounts to make information visible to the public
  • opens violating schools up for legal action on the part of the affected student

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