House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
PETTENGILL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
student
personal
information
protection
and
1
providing
remedies.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
714H.3,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
h.
Chapter
715D.
3
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
715D.1
Definitions.
4
As
used
in
this
chapter,
unless
the
context
otherwise
5
requires:
6
1.
“Covered
information”
means
personally
identifiable
7
information
or
materials,
in
any
media
or
format
that
meets
any
8
of
the
following:
9
a.
Is
created
or
provided
by
a
student,
or
the
student’s
10
parent
or
legal
guardian,
to
an
operator
in
the
course
of
the
11
student’s,
parent’s,
or
legal
guardian’s
use
of
the
operator’s
12
internet
site,
service,
or
application
for
kindergarten
through
13
grade
twelve
school
purposes.
14
b.
Is
created
or
provided
by
an
employee
or
agent
of
the
15
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
area
education
16
agency,
to
an
operator.
17
c.
Is
gathered
by
an
operator
through
the
operation
18
of
an
internet
site,
service,
or
application
described
in
19
subsection
3
and
is
descriptive
of
a
student
or
otherwise
20
identifies
a
student,
including
but
not
limited
to
information
21
in
the
student’s
educational
record
or
e-mail,
first
and
last
22
name,
home
address,
telephone
number,
e-mail
address,
other
23
information
that
allows
physical
or
online
contact,
discipline
24
records,
test
results,
special
education
data,
juvenile
25
dependency
records,
grades,
evaluations,
criminal
records,
26
medical
records,
health
records,
social
security
number,
27
biometric
information,
disabilities,
socioeconomic
information,
28
food
purchases,
political
affiliations,
religious
information,
29
text
messages,
documents,
student
identifiers,
search
activity,
30
photos,
voice
recordings,
or
geolocation
information.
31
2.
“Kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
school
purposes”
32
means
purposes
that
customarily
take
place
at
the
direction
33
of
a
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
offering
34
instruction
at
any
or
all
levels
from
kindergarten
through
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grade
twelve,
at
the
direction
of
an
area
education
agency,
or
1
at
the
direction
of
a
teacher
employed
by
or
under
contract
2
with
a
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
area
3
education
agency,
and
purposes
which
aid
in
the
administration
4
of
school
activities,
including
but
not
limited
to
instruction
5
in
the
classroom
or
at
home,
administrative
activities,
and
6
collaboration
between
students,
school
personnel,
or
parents,
7
or
are
for
the
use
and
benefit
of
the
school
district,
school,
8
or
area
education
agency.
9
3.
“Operator”
means
the
operator
of
an
internet
site,
online
10
service,
online
application,
or
mobile
application
with
actual
11
knowledge
that
the
internet
site,
service,
or
application
is
12
used
primarily
for
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
school
13
purposes
and
was
designed
and
marketed
for
kindergarten
14
through
grade
twelve
school
purposes.
“Operator”
includes
15
any
third
party
that
receives
student
data,
including
covered
16
information,
from
a
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
17
school,
or
area
education
agency.
“Online
service”
includes
18
cloud
computing
services
that
otherwise
meet
the
definition
of
19
an
operator.
20
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
715D.2
Prohibitions
——
duties
——
21
exceptions.
22
1.
An
operator,
with
respect
to
the
operator’s
internet
23
site,
service,
or
application,
shall
not
knowingly
do
any
of
24
the
following:
25
a.
Engage
in
targeted
advertising
on
the
operator’s
internet
26
site,
service,
or
application,
or
target
advertising
on
any
27
other
internet
site,
service,
or
application
when
the
targeting
28
of
the
advertising
is
based
upon
any
information,
including
29
covered
information
and
persistent
unique
identifiers,
that
the
30
operator
has
acquired
because
of
the
use
of
that
operator’s
31
internet
site,
service,
or
application
described
in
section
32
715D.1,
subsection
3.
33
b.
Use
information,
including
persistent
unique
identifiers
34
such
as
unique
student
identifiers,
created
or
gathered
by
the
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operator’s
internet
site,
service,
or
application,
to
amass
1
a
profile
about
a
student
enrolled
in
a
kindergarten
through
2
grade
twelve
school
in
this
state
except
in
furtherance
of
3
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
school
purposes.
4
c.
Sell
a
student’s
information,
including
covered
5
information.
This
prohibition
does
not
apply
to
the
purchase,
6
merger,
or
other
type
of
acquisition
of
an
operator
by
another
7
entity,
provided
that
the
operator
or
successor
entity
8
continues
to
be
subject
to
the
provisions
of
this
chapter
with
9
respect
to
previously
acquired
student
information.
10
d.
Disclose
covered
information
unless
the
disclosure
is
any
11
of
the
following:
12
(1)
In
furtherance
of
the
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
13
school
purposes
of
the
internet
site,
service,
or
application,
14
provided
that
the
recipient
of
the
covered
information
15
disclosed
pursuant
to
this
subparagraph
shall
not
further
16
disclose
the
information
unless
done
to
allow
or
improve
17
operability
and
functionality
within
that
student’s
classroom
18
or
school
and
the
recipient
is
legally
required
to
comply
with
19
this
paragraph
“d”
.
20
(2)
To
ensure
legal
and
regulatory
compliance.
21
(3)
To
respond
to
or
participate
in
judicial
process.
22
(4)
To
protect
the
safety
of
the
internet
site
users
or
23
other
persons
identified
on
the
internet
site
or
security
of
24
the
internet
site.
25
(5)
To
a
service
provider,
provided
the
operator
26
contractually
prohibits
the
service
provider
from
using
any
27
covered
information
for
any
purpose
other
than
providing
the
28
contracted
service
to,
or
on
behalf
of,
the
operator,
prohibits
29
the
service
provider
from
disclosing
any
covered
information
30
provided
by
the
operator
to
subsequent
third
parties;
and
31
requires
the
service
provider
to
implement
and
maintain
32
reasonable
security
procedures
and
practices
as
provided
in
33
subsection
3.
34
2.
Subsection
1
shall
not
be
construed
to
prohibit
the
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operator’s
use
of
information
for
maintaining,
developing,
1
supporting,
improving,
or
diagnosing
the
operator’s
internet
2
site,
service,
or
application.
3
3.
An
operator
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
4
a.
Implement
and
maintain
reasonable
security
procedures
and
5
practices
appropriate
to
the
nature
of
the
covered
information,
6
and
protect
the
covered
information
from
unauthorized
access,
7
destruction,
use,
modification,
or
disclosure.
8
b.
Delete
a
student’s
covered
information
if
the
school
9
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
area
education
agency
10
requests
deletion
of
data
under
the
control
of
the
school
11
district,
the
school,
or
the
area
education
agency.
12
c.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
paragraph
“d”
,
as
long
13
as
the
operator
does
not
violate
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
14
“b”
,
or
“c”
,
an
operator
may
disclose
covered
information
of
a
15
student
under
the
following
circumstances:
16
(1)
If
other
provisions
of
federal
or
state
law
require
the
17
operator
to
disclose
the
information
and
the
operator
complies
18
with
the
requirements
of
federal
and
state
law
in
protecting
19
and
disclosing
that
information.
20
(2)
For
legitimate
research
purposes
as
required
by
state
or
21
federal
law
and
subject
to
the
restrictions
under
applicable
22
state
or
federal
law
or
as
allowed
by
state
or
federal
law
23
and
under
the
direction
of
a
school
district,
an
accredited
24
nonpublic
school,
an
area
education
agency,
or
the
state
or
25
federal
department
of
education,
if
no
covered
information
is
26
used
for
any
purpose
in
furtherance
of
advertising
or
to
amass
27
a
profile
of
the
student
for
purposes
other
than
kindergarten
28
through
grade
twelve
school
purposes.
29
(3)
To
state
or
local
educational
agencies,
including
30
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
area
education
31
agencies,
and
community
colleges,
for
kindergarten
through
32
grade
twelve
school
purposes,
as
permitted
by
state
or
federal
33
law.
34
4.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
do
any
of
the
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following:
1
a.
Prohibit
an
operator
from
using
deidentified
student
2
covered
information
as
follows:
3
(1)
Within
the
operator’s
internet
site,
service,
or
4
application
or
other
internet
sites,
services,
or
applications
5
owned
by
the
operator
to
improve
educational
products.
6
(2)
To
demonstrate
the
effectiveness
of
the
operator’s
7
products
or
services
and
their
marketing.
8
b.
Prohibit
an
operator
from
sharing
aggregated
deidentified
9
student
covered
information
for
the
development
and
improvement
10
of
educational
internet
sites,
services,
or
applications.
11
c.
Limit
the
authority
of
a
law
enforcement
agency
to
obtain
12
any
content
or
information
from
an
operator
as
authorized
13
by
law
or
pursuant
to
an
order
of
a
court
of
competent
14
jurisdiction.
15
d.
Limit
the
ability
of
an
operator
to
use
student
data,
16
including
covered
information,
for
adaptive
learning
or
17
customized
student
learning
purposes.
18
e.
Apply
to
general
audience
internet
sites,
general
19
audience
online
services,
general
audience
online
applications,
20
or
general
audience
mobile
applications,
even
if
login
21
credentials
created
for
an
operator’s
internet
site,
service,
22
or
application
may
be
used
to
access
those
general
audience
23
internet
sites,
services,
or
applications.
24
f.
Restrict
internet
service
providers
from
providing
25
internet
connectivity
to
schools
or
students
and
their
26
families.
27
g.
Prohibit
an
operator
of
an
internet
site,
online
service,
28
online
application,
or
mobile
application
from
marketing
29
educational
products
directly
to
parents
so
long
as
the
30
marketing
did
not
result
from
the
use
of
covered
information
31
obtained
by
the
operator
through
the
provision
of
services
32
regulated
under
this
section.
33
h.
Impose
a
duty
upon
a
provider
of
an
electronic
store,
34
gateway,
or
marketplace,
or
of
another
means
of
purchasing
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or
downloading
software
or
applications
to
review
or
enforce
1
compliance
with
this
section
by
such
software
or
applications.
2
i.
Impose
a
duty
upon
a
provider
of
an
interactive
computer
3
service,
as
defined
in
47
U.S.C.
§230,
to
review
or
enforce
4
compliance
with
this
section
by
third-party
content
providers.
5
j.
Impede
the
ability
of
students
to
download,
export,
or
6
otherwise
save
or
maintain
their
own
student-created
data
or
7
documents.
8
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
715D.3
Remedies.
9
1.
A
violation
of
this
chapter
is
an
unlawful
practice
10
pursuant
to
section
714.16
and,
in
addition
to
the
remedies
11
provided
to
the
attorney
general
pursuant
to
section
714.16,
12
subsection
7,
the
attorney
general
may
seek
and
obtain
an
order
13
that
a
party
held
to
violate
this
chapter
pay
damages
to
the
14
attorney
general
for
the
benefit
of
a
person
injured
by
the
15
violation.
16
2.
The
rights
and
remedies
available
under
this
chapter
are
17
cumulative
to
each
other
and
to
any
other
rights
and
remedies
18
available
under
the
law.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
places
restrictions
on
third
parties
that
23
receive
student
data
from
a
school
district,
accredited
24
nonpublic
school,
or
area
education
agency;
and
on
operators
25
of
internet
sites,
online
services,
online
applications,
and
26
mobile
applications
designed,
marketed,
and
used
primarily
27
for
kindergarten
through
grade
12
(K-12)
school
purposes.
A
28
violation
of
any
of
the
restrictions
is
an
unlawful
practice
29
pursuant
to
Code
section
714.16,
a
prohibited
practice
or
act
30
under
Code
section
714H.3,
and,
in
addition,
the
attorney
31
general
may
bring
a
civil
action
on
behalf
of
an
injured
32
person.
33
PROHIBITIONS
AND
DISCLOSURE
PROVISIONS.
The
bill
prohibits
34
an
operator
from
engaging
in
targeted
advertising
that
is
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based
on
or
derived
from
information
the
operator
acquired
1
through
the
operator’s
internet
site,
service,
or
application;
2
from
using
information
created
or
gathered
by
the
operator’s
3
internet
site,
service,
or
application,
to
amass
a
profile
4
about
a
student
enrolled
in
a
K-12
school
in
this
state
except
5
in
furtherance
of
school
purposes;
and
from
selling
a
student’s
6
information,
though
this
prohibition
does
not
apply
to
the
7
purchase,
merger,
or
other
type
of
acquisition
of
an
operator
8
by
another
entity,
provided
that
the
operator
or
successor
9
entity
continues
to
be
subject
to
the
restrictions
relating
to
10
previously
acquired
student
information.
11
The
operator
is
also
prohibited
from
disclosing
covered
12
information
unless
the
disclosure
is
in
furtherance
of
the
K-12
13
school
purposes
and
the
recipient
of
the
covered
information
is
14
subject
to
similar
restrictions.
Disclosure
is
also
authorized
15
in
order
to
ensure
legal
and
regulatory
compliance,
to
respond
16
to
or
participate
in
judicial
process,
or
to
protect
the
17
safety
of
the
internet
site
users
or
persons
identified
on
the
18
internet
site
or
security
of
the
internet
site.
19
The
operator
may
also
disclose
covered
information
to
a
20
service
provider
if
the
operator
implements
and
maintains
21
reasonable
security
procedures
and
practices,
and,
if
the
22
service
provider
is
contractually
prohibited
from
using
any
23
of
the
information
for
any
purpose
other
than
providing
the
24
contracted
service
to,
or
on
behalf
of,
the
operator,
and
from
25
disclosing
any
covered
information
provided
by
the
operator
to
26
subsequent
third
parties.
27
However,
these
prohibitions
shall
not
be
construed
to
28
prohibit
the
operator’s
use
of
information
for
maintaining,
29
developing,
supporting,
improving,
or
diagnosing
the
operator’s
30
internet
site,
service,
or
application.
31
The
operator
is
required
to
implement
and
maintain
32
reasonable
security
procedures
and
practices
appropriate
to
the
33
nature
of
the
covered
information,
and
protect
that
information
34
from
unauthorized
access,
destruction,
use,
modification,
or
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disclosure;
and
to
delete
a
student’s
covered
information
if
1
the
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
area
2
education
agency
requests
deletion
of
data
under
the
control
of
3
the
school
district,
school,
or
area
education
agency.
4
Notwithstanding
the
disclosure
prohibitions,
as
long
as
the
5
operator
does
not
violate
the
provisions
prohibiting
targeting
6
advertising,
the
use
of
student
information
to
amass
a
profile,
7
and
the
sale
of
student
information,
an
operator
may
disclose
8
covered
information
of
a
student
if
other
provisions
of
federal
9
or
state
law
require
the
operator
to
disclose
the
information,
10
or
for
legitimate
research
purposes
as
required
by
and
subject
11
to
state
or
federal
law
and
under
the
direction
of
the
school
12
district,
school,
or
area
education
agency;
and
to
state
or
13
local
educational
agencies
as
permitted
by
state
or
federal
14
law.
15
The
bill
shall
not
be
construed
to
prohibit
an
operator
16
from
using
deidentified
student
covered
information
to
improve
17
educational
products
or
to
demonstrate
the
effectiveness
of
18
the
operator’s
products
or
services
and
their
marketing;
to
19
prohibit
an
operator
from
sharing
aggregated
deidentified
20
student
covered
information
for
the
development
and
improvement
21
of
educational
internet
sites,
services,
or
applications;
to
22
limit
a
law
enforcement
agency
from
obtaining
information
23
as
authorized
by
law
or
court
order;
to
limit
the
ability
24
of
an
operator
to
use
student
data
for
adaptive
learning
or
25
customized
student
learning
purposes;
to
apply
to
general
26
audience
internet
sites,
general
audience
online
services,
27
general
audience
online
applications,
or
general
audience
28
mobile
applications;
to
restrict
internet
service
providers
29
from
providing
internet
connectivity
to
schools
or
students
30
and
their
families;
to
prohibit
an
operator
from
marketing
31
educational
products
directly
to
parents
so
long
as
the
32
marketing
did
not
result
from
the
use
of
covered
information;
33
to
impose
a
duty
upon
a
provider
of
an
electronic
store,
34
gateway,
marketplace,
or
other
means
of
purchasing
or
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downloading
software
or
applications
to
review
or
enforce
1
compliance
with
applicable
restrictions
by
such
software
2
or
applications;
to
impose
a
duty
upon
a
provider
of
an
3
interactive
computer
service
to
review
or
enforce
compliance
4
by
third-party
content
providers;
or
to
impede
the
ability
of
5
students
to
download,
export,
or
otherwise
save
or
maintain
6
their
own
student-created
data
or
documents.
7
REMEDIES.
The
bill
provides
that
a
violation
of
new
Code
8
chapter
715D
is
a
prohibited
practice
or
act
under
Code
section
9
714H.3,
providing
for
a
private
right
of
action
for
a
person
10
who
suffers
an
ascertainable
loss
of
money
or
property
as
the
11
result
of
a
prohibited
practice
or
act,
allowing
the
person
to
12
bring
an
action
at
law
to
recover
actual
damages
and
to
seek
13
court
protection
from
further
violations
including
temporary
14
and
permanent
injunctive
relief.
15
The
bill
provides
that
a
violation
of
new
Code
chapter
715D
16
is
an
unlawful
practice
pursuant
to
Code
section
714.16.
In
17
addition
to
the
remedies
provided
to
the
attorney
general
18
pursuant
to
Code
section
714.16(7),
the
attorney
general
may
19
seek
and
obtain
an
order
that
a
party
held
to
violate
the
20
chapter
pay
damages
to
the
attorney
general
on
behalf
of
a
21
person
injured
by
the
violation.
The
rights
and
remedies
22
available
are
cumulative
to
each
other
and
to
any
other
rights
23
and
remedies
available
under
the
law.
24
DEFINITIONS.
The
bill
provides
that
“online
service”
25
includes
cloud
computing
services.
“Operator”
means
26
the
operator
of
an
internet
site,
online
service,
online
27
application,
or
mobile
application
with
actual
knowledge
that
28
the
internet
site,
service,
or
application
is
used
primarily
29
for
K-12
school
purposes
and
was
designed
and
marketed
for
K-12
30
school
purposes.
“Operator”
includes
any
third
party
that
31
receives
student
data,
including
“covered
information”,
from
a
32
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
area
education
33
agency.
“Covered
information”
means
personally
identifiable
34
information
or
materials,
in
any
media
or
format
that
is
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created
or
provided
by
a
student,
or
the
student’s
parent
or
1
legal
guardian,
to
an
operator
in
the
course
of
the
student’s,
2
parent’s,
or
legal
guardian’s
use
of
the
operator’s
site,
3
service,
or
application
for
K–12
school
purposes;
is
created
4
or
provided
by
an
employee
or
agent
of
the
school
district,
5
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
area
education
agency,
to
an
6
operator;
or
is
gathered
by
an
operator
and
is
descriptive
of
a
7
student
or
otherwise
identifies
a
student.
8
“Kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
school
purposes”
means
9
purposes
that
customarily
take
place
at
the
direction
of
10
a
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
offering
11
instruction
at
any
or
all
levels
from
K-12
or
at
the
direction
12
of
an
area
education
agency
or
a
teacher
employed
by
or
under
13
contract
with
a
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
14
or
area
education
agency,
and
purposes
which
aid
in
the
15
administration
of
school
activities,
including
but
not
limited
16
to
instruction
in
the
classroom
or
at
home,
administrative
17
activities,
and
collaboration
between
students,
school
18
personnel,
or
parents,
or
are
for
the
use
and
benefit
of
the
19
school
district,
school,
or
area
education
agency.
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