Student Data Privacy Laws:Accidental Consequences
(and how to fix them) SXSWedu 2016
New Student Data Privacy Laws
States have passed new student data privacy laws in the past 3 years30
National Trends in Education Data Privacy Legislation and Policy
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Unworkable Requirements◦Banning Words: Psychometric data collection
◦Opt-Ins◦Opt-Outs◦Creating Silos
Accidental Consequences
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Interpreting Legislation: Words Matter◦Ambiguous Terms◦Interpretation Changes
Accidental Consequences
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Implementation Difficulties◦Overcoming obstacles – How many hoops should you jump through?
◦Differing obligations for third parties contracting with different school districts
◦Researcher restrictions
Accidental Consequences
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Preempt the Fear◦Be transparent
Bring together all stakeholders before making policy
Work with national organizations and other states
How Can Avoid Consequences?
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1. Statement of the policy/law's purposes
2. Select the person(s) in charge3. Transparency plan4. Limiting Vendor Use of Data5. Statewide data security plan6. Ongoing Staff Training
Foundational Elements of a State Data Privacy and Security Policy
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Make people aware that they exist
Create new model policies
Make it easy to sell
How Can You Fix Consequences?
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Discussion
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Audience Q&A
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NASBE Data Privacy Resources
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Questions?Amelia Vance
Director of Education Data & Technology
[email protected]@ameliaivancewww.nasbe.org
