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Guam
Restrictions on release of student directory information
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Consent
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a government entity or school, do not release a minor student's date of birth, addresses, email addresses or phone numbers without the consent of the student's parent or legal guardian, except to let emergency medical personnel contact the parent or guardian in a medical emergency as 17 GCA 6121(b) allows, or as a valid court order requires (17 GCA 6121(a) and (d)).
- Do not release an adult student's date of birth, addresses, email addresses or phone numbers without the student's consent, except to let emergency medical personnel contact the student's next of kin in a medical emergency as 17 GCA 6121(b) allows, or as a valid court order requires (17 GCA 6121(a) and (d)).
- Release other directory information, as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act defines it, only as that Act permits (17 GCA 6121(a) and (c)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 6121 limits the release of student directory information and names no log, record-keeping, retention or audit duty.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
A government entity or school may not release the date of birth, addresses, email addresses or phone numbers of a minor student without the consent of the student's parent or legal guardian, except to let emergency medical personnel contact the parent or guardian in a medical emergency or as subsection (b) provides.
For an adult student the same four items may not be released without the student's own consent, with an exception that lets emergency medical personnel contact the student's next of kin. All other directory information may be released subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
A government entity or school may release all directory information to law enforcement, public safety and child protective agencies, provided the release is made under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Section 6121 does not bar the release of any information that a valid court order requires. Section 6121 was added as section 6603 by Public Law 31-201 on , and was recodified and amended by Public Law 32-029 on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app processes personal data or serves under-18s.
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