Law / United States / 
Arkansas
Electronic communications privacy policy of public postsecondary institutions
Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-61-126 (Act 1799 of 2003)
In force.
A privacy notice rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Disclosure, Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a public postsecondary institution in Arkansas, adopt a privacy policy governing electronic communications that a faculty member, staff member or student originates or receives over your computer network (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 6-61-126(a)).
- Include the policy in your student handbook and make it available on your website (sec. 6-61-126(b)).
- In the policy, identify the types of electronic communications that are not confidential, the methods you will use to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable electronic communications, and the procedures for releasing a confidential personally identifiable electronic communication (sec. 6-61-126(c)(1) to (3)).
- In the policy, include any other information that faculty, staff and students need to understand their rights and obligations under it (sec. 6-61-126(c)(4)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
The section requires a public postsecondary institution to adopt a privacy policy for electronic communications on its network. It names no log or record and no reader of one.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Each public postsecondary institution in Arkansas must adopt a privacy policy governing electronic communications that a faculty member, staff member or student originates or receives over the institution's computer network. The policy must be included in the institution's student handbook and available on its website. The policy must identify the types of electronic communications that are not confidential.
The policy must identify the methods the institution will use to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable electronic communications. The policy must identify the procedures for releasing a confidential personally identifiable electronic communication. Act 1799 of 2003 added the section to Subchapter 1 of Chapter 61 of Title 6 of the Arkansas Code.
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