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Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act: educational institutions may not require a student's online account login or contentsince 4 lines

2021 Haw. Sess. Laws Act 39 (H.B. 125), student online accounts, sections -1, -2, -4 and -5, Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act · Read the law's page

  • If you are an educational institution, public or private, or its agent or designee, do not require, coerce or request a student or prospective student to disclose the login information for, or the content of, a protected personal online account, to alter its settings to make it more accessible to others, to access it in your presence, or to turn over an unlocked personal device to give access to it (section -4(a)(1)).
  • Do not take, or threaten to take, adverse action against a student for refusing such a requirement, coercion or request (section -4(a)(2)).
  • When a student shares specifically identified content for a permitted purpose, do not access or view unshared content, use the shared content only for that purpose, and do not alter it (section -4(c)).
  • If you acquire a student's login information through lawful monitoring of your network or devices, do not use it to access the account or share it, make a reasonable effort to keep it secure, and dispose of it as soon as and as securely as reasonably practicable (section -4(d)).

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