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 systems
- Missouri will maintain the information it does need safely and securely
- Missouri will create policies for dealing with data breaches & update its policy for recovering from a data breach
MissouriNet | Missouri education department to change student data collection after audit