7540.07 - PERSONAL INTERNET ACCOUNT PRIVACY

Cedar Springs Public School District

Bylaws & Policies

7540.07 - PERSONAL INTERNET ACCOUNT PRIVACY - STUDENTS

The District will not:

	A.	request a student or prospective student to grant access to, allow observation of, or disclose information that allows access to or observation of the student’s or prospective student’s personal internet account.

	B.	expel, discipline, fail to admit, or otherwise penalize a student or prospective student for failure to grant access to, allow observation of, or disclose information that allows access to or observation of the student’s or prospective student’s personal internet account.

The following definitions shall be used for this policy:

A.	"Access information" means user name, password, login information, or other security information that protects access to a personal internet account.

B.	"Personal internet account" means an account created via a bounded system established by an internet-based service that requires a user to input or store access information via an electronic device to view, create, utilize, or edit the user’s account information, profile, display, communications, or stored data.

C.	The District may:

	1.	request or require a student to disclose access information to gain access to or operate any of the following:

		a.	An electronic communications device paid for in whole or in part by the District.


	b.	An account or service provided by the District that is either obtained by virtue of the student’s admission to the educational institution or used by the student for educational purposes.

2.	view, access or utilize information about a student or applicant that can be obtained without any required access information or that is available in the public domain.

Michigan Internet Privacy Information Act, PA 478 of 2012
M.C.L. 37.271 et. seq.