About Student Data Privacy

The Natick Public Schools takes data privacy very seriously. Ensuring student's data is protected is not a one-time event but part of our ongoing efforts of implementing best practices throughout the district. We encourage everyone to review our Student Data Privacy Policy.  This policy identifies the information we collect, how we use information, how we share information, how we protect it, and who to contact if you have a data privacy or security question or concern. 

Online Course for educators from Common Sense Media - Protecting Student Privacy     This 1-hour interactive course for educators will introduce the topic of student online privacy and offer concrete best practices for managing the risks to students.

Natick Public Schools has been working with the Massachusetts Student Privacy Alliance (MSPA) and our legal counsel since 2015 to develop a standardized data privacy agreement for all vendors that store any student information with personally identifiable information (PII).    About PII Data   and   Passwords and 2FA

The Data Privacy Agreement requires all vendors to:

• • • Follow the laws protecting students rights for data privacy - CIPA, COPPA, FERPA and PPRA.

    • Ensure the school district retains ownership of all student data regardless of where the data resides.

    • Provide the school district notification of a data breach, if one should occur, within a specific time frame.

    • Not resell or use student information for any other purpose than the service it was intended. 

    • Provide the school district the right to audit the vendor for compliance.

    • Ensure industry best practices are being followed with respect to data privacy and data security.

Dennis Roche and Grace Magley are the district privacy officers who work in close collaboration with the Superintendent and the Central Office cabinet members to ensure that the digital resources we use in Natick are safe.  Natick educators should not use any online program when students are required login using a Natick google accounts or where the student must share PII data without first checking the Application Library here on this website to make sure that it is approved for use with students.

In the News:

Balancing Responsibility for Student Data and Online Safety by Dr. Kecia Ray, October 20, 2021

For more information and resources about Data Privacy and Security see the Natick Public Schools website.