1. DATA SECURTY AND PRIVACY POLICY

The full Lake Shore Central District Policy can be found HERE

2. INFORMATION REGARDING DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY - PARENT BILL OF RIGHTS

 The Evans-Brant (Lake Shore) Central School District is committed to protecting the privacy and security of student data and teacher and principal data. In accordance with New York Education Law Section 2-d and its implementing regulations, the District informs the school community of the following

1. A student’s personally identifiable information (PII) cannot be sold or released for any commercial purpose. PII, as defined by Education Law § 2-d and FERPA, includes direct identifiers such as a student’s name or identification number, parent’s name, or address; and indirect identifiers such as a student’s date of birth, which when linked to or combined with other information can be used to distinguish or trace a student’s identity. Please see FERPA’s regulations at 34 CFR 99.3 for a more complete

2. The right to inspect and review the complete contents of the student’s education record stored or maintained by an educational agency. This right may not apply to parents of an Eligible

3. State and federal laws such as Education Law § 2-d; the Commissioner of Education’s Regulations at 8 NYCRR Part 121, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA") at 12 U.S.C. 1232g (34 CFR Part 99); Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") at 15 U.S.C. 6501-6502 (16 CFR Part 312); Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment ("PPRA") at 20 S.C. 1232h (34 CFR Part 98); the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) at 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. (34 CFR Part 300); protect the confidentiality of a student’s identifiable information.

4. Safeguards associated with industry standards and best practices including but not limited to encryption, firewalls and password protection must be in place when student PII is stored or transferred.

5. A complete list of all student data elements collected by NYSED is available at nysed.gov/data-privacy-security, and by writing to: Chief Privacy Officer, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234.

6. The right to have complaints about possible breaches and unauthorized disclosures of PII addressed. Complaints may be submitted to NYSED at nysed.gov/data-privacy-security; by mail to: Chief Privacy Officer, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234; by email to privacy@nysed.gov; or by telephone at 518-474- 0937. You may also submit a complaint to the District - please see below for more information.

7. To be notified in accordance with applicable laws and regulations if a breach or unauthorized release of PII

8. Educational agency workers that handle PII will receive training on applicable state and federal laws, policies, and safeguards associated with industry standards and best practices that protect

9. Educational agency contracts with vendors that receive PII will address statutory and regulatory data privacy and security

 3. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTORS

          In the course of complying with its obligations under the law and providing educational services to District residents, the Evans-Brant (Lake Shore) Central School District has entered into agreements with certain third-party contractors. Pursuant to these agreements, third-party contractors may have access to "student data" and/or "teacher or principal data," as those terms are defined by law and regulation.

          Each contract or other written agreement that the District enters into with a third-party contractor where the third-party contractor receives student data or teacher or principal data from the District will include the Parents’ Bill of Rights and the following supplemental information:

• The exclusive purposes for which the student data or teacher or principal data will be used by the third-party contractor, as defined in the contract;

• How the third-party contractor will ensure that the subcontractors, or other authorized persons or entities to whom the third-party contractor will disclose the student data or teacher or principal data, if any, will abide by all applicable data protection and security requirements, including but not limited to those outlined in applicable laws and regulations (e.g., FERPA; Education Law Section 2-d);

• The duration of the contract, including the contract’s expiration date, and a description of what will happen to the student data or teacher or principal data upon expiration of the contract or other written agreement (e.g., whether, when, and in what format it will be returned to the District, and/or whether, when, and how the data will be destroyed);

• If and how a parent, student, eligible student, teacher, or principal may challenge the accuracy of the student data or teacher or principal data that is collected;

• Where the student data or teacher or principal data will be stored, described in a manner as to protect data security, and the security protections taken to ensure the data will be protected and data privacy and security risks mitigated; and

• Address how the data will be protected using encryption while in motion and at rest.

 Third Party Contracts

NOTE: This is an ongoing list of agreements and will change as the District receives contracts or works with a new vendor.

Third Party Contracts

4. COMPLAINTS OF BREACH OR UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF STUDENT DATA AND/OR TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL DATA 

Electronic Form - nysed-cpo-data-incident-reporting-form
The District will inform parents, through its Parents' Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security, that they have the right to submit complaints
about possible breaches of student data to the Chief Privacy Officer at NYSED. In addition, the District has established the following procedures
for parents, eligible students, teachers, principals, and other District staff to file complaints with the District about breaches or unauthorized
releases of student data and/or teacher or principal data:

a. All complaints must be submitted to the District's Data Protection Officer in writing.

b. Upon receipt of a complaint, the District will promptly acknowledge receipt of the complaint, commence an investigation, and take the
necessary precautions to protect PII.

c. Following the investigation of a submitted complaint, the District will provide the individual who filed the complaint with its findings. This
will be completed within a reasonable period of time, but no more than 60 calendar days from the receipt of the complaint by the
District.

d. If the District requires additional time, or where the response may compromise security or impede a law enforcement investigation, the
District will provide the individual who filed the complaint with a written explanation that includes the approximate date when the
District anticipates that it will respond to the complaint.

These procedures will be disseminated to parents, eligible students, teachers, principals, and other District staff.

The District will maintain a record of all complaints of breaches or unauthorized releases of student data and their disposition in accordance
with applicable data retention policies, including the Records Retention and Disposition Schedule ED-1 (1988; rev. 2004).