INTERIM. Another Student Privacy Bill. 7 New Requirements for Education Contractors & Vendors.

Who are the targets of Connecticut’s student data privacy bill?

• contractors with local boards of education, the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education
• operators of websites, online services and mobile apps

What will be required of education vendors?

• outline and maintain security practices
• prohibited from using personally identifiable student information for :
  • advertising purposes
  • any purpose apart from what their contract stipulates
• vendors cannot retain student records after the contract services have been fulfilled
• vendors must have procedures to alert school boards and parents of any suspected breach of data in no more than 48 hours.

Additional requirements specific to online vendors and contractors:

• no targeted advertising using student information
• prohbition from using student information for purposes unrelated to school
• required deletion of student information upon:
  •  request of a student, parent or school board
  • failure to do so results  in a civil penalty 

Connecticut HB 5469

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