Alert for California Parents of School-Age Children
California School Students Information Scheduled to be Released
A Court Order detailing the security protocols that are to be put in place to safeguard sensitive student information has been provided to the ITRC. This document is a public record. This information was not provided on the opt-out notification.
Parents should review this document carefully when deciding whether or not to opt-out of sharing their student/s information. There are seven different databases that are encompassed in the attachment to the court order. They are listed on pages 7-12 of the PDF file. The data security process can be found on the last two pages of the attachment to the court order. It should be noted that the concerns regarding appropriate security protocols, and the consequences of lost or compromised data, are discussed in the document.
Proposed E-Discovery Protocol - Safeguarding the Security of the Produced Data
The Special Master has significant concern about the storage and use of the highly sensitive student data that will be produced by CDE to the Plaintiffs. Loss or compromise of the produced data could result in the notification of literally millions of persons under state and Federal breach notification requirements, at a cost of millions of dollars. Such notification could also affect persons who are now residents in other states, and trigger breach notification laws in those states.
The Identity Theft Resource Center and Privacy Rights Clearing House want to alert all parents of school-aged children throughout California about a pending deadline to Opt-Out on the potential release of their child’s sensitive personal identifying information. The deadline for parents and adult students to object to the disclosure of personal information and records is April 1, 2016.
PROTECT YOUR CHILD'S STUDENT RECORDS FROM BEING RELEASED BY FOLLOWING THESE SIMPLE STEPS:
- Click on this link and complete the objection form (complete one form per child)
- Mail this completed form via regular mail to:
United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller
c/o Clerk of the Court
Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse
501 I Street, Room 4-200
Sacramento, CA 95814
Attn: Document Filed Under Seal
A court granted the release of documents subject to a protective order, stemming from a lawsuit between the Morgan Hill Concerned Parents Association and the California Department of Education. This would allow for the release of extremely sensitive information stored on the CDE databases and network drives to be released to the parties of the lawsuit, their attorneys and consultants, and the Court. The ITRC believes that all California parents should be aware of this event and need to decide for themselves if they wish to opt-out. Some families may feel strongly that providing this information for this purpose is Alert for California Parents of School-Age Children:
