AQUINO MOVES TO BAN SCHOOLS FROM HARVESTING STUDENT DATA
03/21/2019
SPRINGFIELD – Schools would be banned from exploiting students’ meta-data for purposes outside school instruction under a bill introduced by State Senator Omar Aquino (D-Chicago) approved by the Telecommunications and Information Technology Committee today.
“We are entering a new era where big data companies buy and sell our information to target ads and push preferred products on us,” said Aquino. “You should have control over your own online data, and this bill will protect K-12 students’ data from being used by advertisers and big data companies.”
Senate Bill 2089 prohibits school authorities from using data collected from school-owned devices for anything except school purposes. The bill also protects the data collected from being sold or shared without the written consent of the student’s parent.
This legislation also creates a Student Data Protection and Oversight Committee to make further policy recommendations surrounding data privacy and protection.
Senate Bill 2089 is scheduled for consideration before the full Senate.
“We are entering a new era where big data companies buy and sell our information to target ads and push preferred products on us,” said Aquino. “You should have control over your own online data, and this bill will protect K-12 students’ data from being used by advertisers and big data companies.”
Senate Bill 2089 prohibits school authorities from using data collected from school-owned devices for anything except school purposes. The bill also protects the data collected from being sold or shared without the written consent of the student’s parent.
This legislation also creates a Student Data Protection and Oversight Committee to make further policy recommendations surrounding data privacy and protection.
Senate Bill 2089 is scheduled for consideration before the full Senate.
