{"id":524,"date":"2016-08-18T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/2016\/08\/18\/2017-the-feds-have-weakened-student-data-privacy-heres-what-groups-want-the-states-to-do\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T19:22:00","slug":"2017-the-feds-have-weakened-student-data-privacy-heres-what-groups-want-the-states-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/2017-the-feds-have-weakened-student-data-privacy-heres-what-groups-want-the-states-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"2017. The Feds Have Weakened Student Data Privacy. Here&#39;s what groups want the states to do:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC.org) wants states to pass bills that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No Targeted Ads.\u00a0<\/strong>prohibit\u00a0K-12 mobile and online service operators from using student information to target advertisements to students;<\/li>\n<li><strong>No Profiling Students.\u00a0<\/strong>prohibit\u00a0online service providers from creating K-12 student profiles for commercial purposes;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>No Selling Info.\u00a0<\/strong>forbid\u00a0companies from selling student information;<\/li>\n<li><strong>All Students (K-16)\u00a0<\/strong>extend\u00a0protection to all students, including college and post-graduate students;<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Enforcement.\u00a0<\/strong>strong enforcement mechanisms, including a private right of action against private companies that abuse student data;<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Limit Data Collection.\u00a0<\/strong>limiting the type of data that companies and schools collect (e.g., Social Security numbers, biometric information, social media information);<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transparency.\u00a0<\/strong>publishing the types of information companies and schools collect, the purposes for which the information will be used, and the security practices in place;<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Data Retention Policies.\u00a0<\/strong>data retention limitations that require companies to delete student data after the data is no longer needed;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student and Parental Control over Info.\u00a0<\/strong>permitting students to delete &amp; correct certain student information;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notification.\u00a0<\/strong>data breach notification;\u00a0and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schools Can&#8217;t Disclose\u00a0Students.\u00a0<\/strong>prohibiting schools from disclosing \u201cdirectory information,\u201d including student name and home address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/epic.org\/state-policy\/student-privacy\/\">EPIC.org |\u00a0State Student Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EPIC.org |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/epic.org\/2016\/08\/epic-urges-wisconsin-legislatu.html\" style=\"color:rgb(235,139,16);\">EPIC Urges Wisconsin Legislature to Safeguard Student Privacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC.org) wants states to pass bills that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No Targeted Ads.\u00a0<\/strong>prohibit\u00a0K-12 mobile and online service operators from using student information to target advertisements to students;<\/li>\n<li><strong>No Profiling Students.\u00a0<\/strong>prohibit\u00a0online service providers from creating K-12 student profiles for commercial purposes;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>No Selling Info.\u00a0<\/strong>forbid\u00a0companies from selling student information;<\/li>\n<li><strong>All Students (K-16)\u00a0<\/strong>extend\u00a0protection to all students, including college&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,22,32,3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-legislative-issue","category-contracting-procurement","category-education-data","category-legislative-trend","category-student-data-privacy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}