James Steyer, CEO/founder of Common Sense Media says, “I think this is a blunt call to industry to say that school data is for educational purposes. Period.”
SOPIPA went into effect on January 1st of this year. It is one of the most restrictive privacy laws in California concerning K-12 students. The law targets educational websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications. It covers any personal info which allows physical or online contact, such as: discipline records, grades, medical data, text messages, and more. The purpose of the law is to prohibit a website or online service from sharing student data with a 3rd party for the purpose of marketing to those students. Since this law is so new, many schools don’t know it exists or how it applies to them. The first step would become familiar with SOPIPA . In the school I am studying, the Director of Technology would be responsible to gather and disseminate SOPIPA information. He would share the relevant info with principals, who in turn, would share it with their Technology Team or Lead Teachers. The advice I would give to school leadership is this: messages about laws which pertain to student privacy should not go out only once. It has to be continual messaging - not a one time deal - presented a variety of ways. Schools aim to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures to protect student data for unauthorized access. But, teachers need to understand how to translate that into action. While students are learning to be responsible digital citizens, teachers and parents should instruct them on protecting their data. Additionally, all stakeholders should be informed and given tools to keep data secure. Resouces: How to comply with SOPIPA. (2015). Retrieved February 22, 2016, from https://termsfeed.com/blog/how-to-comply-sopipa/ California's Student Online Personal Information Protection Act is the First State Law to Comprehensively Address Student Privacy. (n.d.). Retrieved February 24, 2016, from https://www.cooley.com/california-student-online-personal-information-protection-act-first-state-law-to-address-student-privacy
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