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Serves K-12 schools, in the United States

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), disclosure of education records to contractors and redisclosure limitssince 4 lines

20 U.S.C. 1232g(b); 34 CFR 99.31(a)(1)(i)(B), 99.33 · Read the law's page

  • To receive personally identifiable information from a school's education records without the parent's or eligible student's consent as a school official, perform an institutional service or function for which the school would otherwise use employees, stay under the school's direct control with respect to the use and maintenance of the records, and accept the use and redisclosure limits of section 99.33(a) (34 CFR 99.31(a)(1)(i)(B)).
  • Use personally identifiable information from education records only for the purposes for which the school disclosed it (34 CFR 99.33(a)(2)).
  • Do not disclose personally identifiable information from education records to any other party without the prior consent of the parent or eligible student, unless an exception in 34 CFR 99.33(b) or (c) applies (34 CFR 99.33(a)(1)).
  • Release education records or information from them without consent only after removing all personally identifiable information, on a reasonable determination that a student's identity is not personally identifiable, whether through single or multiple releases and taking into account other reasonably available information (34 CFR 99.31(b)(1)).
Children's Internet Protection Act, the Internet safety policy of a school or library that receives discounts for Internet access, on monitoring minors' online activities and on unauthorized disclosure of minors' personal informationsince 5 lines

47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5), (6) and (l); 47 CFR 54.520 · Read the law's page

  • If you are a school or library that receives discounts for Internet access or internal connections under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism, adopt and implement an Internet safety policy that addresses, among the matters the statute lists, unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal identification information regarding minors (47 U.S.C. 254(l)(1)(A)(iv); 47 CFR 54.520(c)(1)(ii)(D) and (c)(2)(ii)(D)).
  • Provide reasonable public notice and hold at least one public hearing or meeting to address the proposed Internet safety policy (47 U.S.C. 254(l)(1)(B)).
  • If you are such a school, enforce a policy of Internet safety for minors that includes monitoring the online activities of minors (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(B)(i); 47 CFR 54.520(c)(1)(i)).
  • Certify in each funding year on FCC Form 486, or to a consortium leader on FCC Form 479, that the Internet safety policy is being enforced (47 CFR 54.520(b)(1) and (c)(1)).
  • A school or library that receives discounts only for telecommunications services is not subject to these requirements but must indicate that on its certification (47 CFR 54.520(b)(2)).

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