Digital Communication Compliance
Children Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
The primary goal of COPPA is to place parents in control over what information is collected from their young children online. The Rule was designed to protect children under age 13 while accounting for the dynamic nature of the Internet.
For more information visit: Federal Trade Commission
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about children's access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet. CIPA imposes certain requirements on schools or libraries that receive discounts for Internet access or internal connections through the E-rate program – a program that makes certain communications services and products more affordable for eligible schools and libraries. In early 2001, the FCC issued rules implementing CIPA and provided updates to those rules in 2011.
For more information visit: Federal Communications Commission
Family Educational Rights Act (FERPA)
FERPA is a federal law that protects the privacy interests of students. It affords parents the right to access and amend their children's education records and gives them some control over the disclosure of the information in these records. FERPA generally prevents an education agency or institution from sharing student records, or personally identifiable information in these records, without the written consent of a parent.
FERPA affords parents the right to have access to their children’s education records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to have some control over the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records.
For more information visit ISBE's website or U.S. Department of Education
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) is a federal law that affords certain rights to parents of minor students with regard to surveys that ask questions of a personal nature.
For more information visit: U. S. Department of Education
Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA)
Effective July 1, 2021, school districts will be required by the Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA) to provide additional guarantees that student data is protected when collected by educational technology companies, and that data is used for beneficial purposes only (105 ILCS 85)
For more information read LTC Legislation Brief or visit: IL General Assembly (105 ILCS 85/) Student Online Personal Protection Act.
SD132 Student Data Privacy Agreements Database
The iKeepSafe mission is to provide a safe digital landscape for children, schools, and families by supporting the protection of student privacy while advancing learning in a digital culture.
What is SOPPA? An Introduction to the Student Online Personal Protection Act.
Learning Technology Center of Illinois provides a brief video explanation of SOPPA. Click the YouTube link below to view.