Policies/Agreements/Regulations

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 on the Internet. Protective measures in place include application vetting and objectionable content filtering and blocking.

• The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires the Federal Trade Commission to issue and enforce regulations concerning children’s online privacy for children under the age of 13. These requirements include clearly posting a privacy policy along with a direct notice to parents to obtain consent before collecting any personal information from the child. It also requires providing parents with access to their child's personal information to allow them to prohibit or delete this information. This rule further states that data collected is retained only for as long as needed to fulfill the purpose of collecting the information.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. It affords parents and students over 18 years of age or an emancipated minor under State Law (“eligible students”) certain rights with the respect to the student’s education records.