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Nearly five years ago, the Future of Privacy Forum and the Software and Information Industry Association created the Student Privacy Pledge in order to help school service providers make clear privacy commitments to parents, students, and school leaders. The Pledge has been extraordinarily successful, with more than 350 signatories promising to safeguard student data. The Pledge was endorsed by the White House in January 2015 and is used by many school districts as they review prospective vendors. After years of growth, pledge signatories include some of the world’s largest companies as well as an ever-growing list of the most innovative education technology startups. The Pledge has influenced companies’ practices, schools’ policies, and lawmakers’ approaches to regulating student privacy. Resource: https://studentprivacypledge.org/news/student-privacy-pledge-2020/
Google is committed to building products that help protect student and teacher privacy and provide best-in-class security for your institution.
FERPA Notification
FERPA Notification
If you do not want the Seekonk Public Schools to disclose any or all of the following directory information from your child’s education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the school in writing by October 1st of the current school year. Seekonk has designated the following information as directory information:
Student’s name
Address and telephone number
Electronic mail address
Date and place of birth
Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
Weight and height of members of athletic teams
Photographs, including videotape
Yearbook photo
Major field of study
Most recent previous school attended
Grade level
Dates of attendance
Honors and awards received in school
Degree awarded
Please send requests directly to your child's school office.
Student Data Privacy
Student Data Privacy
Seekonk Public Schools has been working with the Massachusetts Student Privacy Alliance (MSPA) to develop a standardized data privacy agreement for all vendors that store any student information with personally identifiable information (PII)
The Data Privacy Agreement requires all vendors to:
Ensure industry best practices are being followed with respect to data privacy and data security.
Provide the school district the right to audit the vendor for compliance.
Not resell or use student information for any other purpose than the service it was intended.
Provide the school district notification of a data breach, if one should occur, within a specific time frame.
Ensure the school district retains ownership of all student data regardless of where the data resides.
Follow the laws protecting students rights for data privacy - CIPA, COPPA, FERPA and PPRA.
Seekonk Public Schools are working closely with The Education Cooperative (TEC) to facilitate the execution of these data privacy agreements with all vendors. TEC represents a number of school districts across Massachusetts concerned with student data privacy. Utilizing TEC's partnership with other school districts puts us in a stronger position when negotiating contract terms than going it alone and sends vendors a strong message that data privacy is an important issue we need to work on together to solve.
Visit the online digital resources database which lists vetted resources for educational and privacy protections.
To help you better understand Student Data Privacy please check out these resources:
Sites which have been properly vetted and meet Student Data Privacy Guidelines : https://sdpc.a4l.org/district_listing.php?districtID=704 If a tool is not on this list and you would like to use it please fill out the form below prior to use.
Sites which have been properly vetted and meet Student Data Privacy Guidelines : https://sdpc.a4l.org/district_listing.php?districtID=704 If a tool is not on this list and you would like to use it please fill out the form below prior to use.
Providing our students with technology tools gives them an opportunity to explore and use tools which will increase their innovation, creativity and personalize their learning. That being said, some companies create and offer great tools for educators to use with their students but they do not adhere to the federal laws, COPPA, governing safe use of technology tools. In order to ensure students utmost safety online each tool you use must be properly vetted by the technology department. Please fill out this form if you discover a new tool you want to try out with your students. The tool will be properly researched and vetted to ensure safety within 24 hours of your submitting the form. http://bit.ly/vett_tool
Sign up to participate in a Student Data Privacy Training through Common Sense Media
https://studentprivacycompass.org/
Data Privacy in Education:
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