General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6418
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2301
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6418
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2301
*02301*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.
AN ACT EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT AND REQUIRING PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF THIRD-PARTY VENDOR DATA COLLECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to expand the provisions of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act to children ages thirteen to eighteen, inclusive, and to require that any contract that a local or regional board of education enters into with a third-party education vendor shall include a requirement that the parents and guardians of students be notified about what student data will be collected and for what purpose.
Statement of Purpose:
To apply and expand the provisions of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act to Connecticut and to require all contracts with third-party education vendors to include a notification provision regarding the collection and use of student data.