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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Student Online Personal Protection Act.
 
6    Section 3. Legislative intent. Schools today are
7increasingly using a wide range of beneficial online services
8and other technologies to help students learn, but concerns
9have been raised about whether sufficient safeguards exist to
10protect the privacy and security of data about students when it
11is collected by educational technology companies. This Act is
12intended to ensure that student data will be protected when it
13is collected by educational technology companies and that the
14data may be used for beneficial purposes such as providing
15personalized learning and innovative educational technologies.
 
16    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
17    "Covered information" means personally identifiable
18information or material or information that is linked to
19personally identifiable information or material in any media or
20format that is not publicly available and is any of the
21following:
22        (1) Created by or provided to an operator by a student

 

 

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1    or the student's parent or legal guardian in the course of
2    the student's, parent's, or legal guardian's use of the
3    operator's site, service, or application for K through 12
4    school purposes.
5        (2) Created by or provided to an operator by an
6    employee or agent of a school or school district for K
7    through 12 school purposes.
8        (3) Gathered by an operator through the operation of
9    its site, service, or application for K through 12 school
10    purposes and personally identifies a student, including,
11    but not limited to, information in the student's
12    educational record or electronic mail, first and last name,
13    home address, telephone number, electronic mail address,
14    or other information that allows physical or online
15    contact, discipline records, test results, special
16    education data, juvenile dependency records, grades,
17    evaluations, criminal records, medical records, health
18    records, a social security number, biometric information,
19    disabilities, socioeconomic information, food purchases,
20    political affiliations, religious information, text
21    messages, documents, student identifiers, search activity,
22    photos, voice recordings, or geolocation information.
23    "Interactive computer service" has the meaning ascribed to
24that term in Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency
25Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 230).
26    "K through 12 school purposes" means purposes that are

 

 

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1directed by or that customarily take place at the direction of
2a school, teacher, or school district; aid in the
3administration of school activities, including, but not
4limited to, instruction in the classroom or at home,
5administrative activities, and collaboration between students,
6school personnel, or parents; or are otherwise for the use and
7benefit of the school.
8    "Operator" means, to the extent that an entity is operating
9in this capacity, the operator of an Internet website, online
10service, online application, or mobile application with actual
11knowledge that the site, service, or application is used
12primarily for K through 12 school purposes and was designed and
13marketed for K through 12 school purposes.
14    "School" means (1) any preschool, public kindergarten,
15elementary or secondary educational institution, vocational
16school, special educational facility, or any other elementary
17or secondary educational agency or institution or (2) any
18person, agency, or institution that maintains school student
19records from more than one school. "School" includes a private
20or nonpublic school.
21    "Targeted advertising" means presenting advertisements to
22a student where the advertisement is selected based on
23information obtained or inferred over time from that student's
24online behavior, usage of applications, or covered
25information. The term does not include advertising to a student
26at an online location based upon that student's current visit

 

 

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1to that location or in response to that student's request for
2information or feedback, without the retention of that
3student's online activities or requests over time for the
4purpose of targeting subsequent ads.
 
5    Section 10. Operator prohibitions. An operator shall not
6knowingly do any of the following:
7        (1) Engage in targeted advertising on the operator's
8    site, service, or application or target advertising on any
9    other site, service, or application if the targeting of the
10    advertising is based on any information, including covered
11    information and persistent unique identifiers, that the
12    operator has acquired because of the use of that operator's
13    site, service, or application for K through 12 school
14    purposes.
15        (2) Use information, including persistent unique
16    identifiers, created or gathered by the operator's site,
17    service, or application to amass a profile about a student,
18    except in furtherance of K through 12 school purposes.
19    "Amass a profile" does not include the collection and
20    retention of account information that remains under the
21    control of the student, the student's parent or legal
22    guardian, or the school.
23        (3) Sell or rent a student's information, including
24    covered information. This subdivision (3) does not apply to
25    the purchase, merger, or other type of acquisition of an

 

 

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1    operator by another entity if the operator or successor
2    entity complies with this Act regarding previously
3    acquired student information.
4        (4) Except as otherwise provided in Section 20 of this
5    Act, disclose covered information, unless the disclosure
6    is made for the following purposes:
7            (A) In furtherance of the K through 12 school
8        purposes of the site, service, or application if the
9        recipient of the covered information disclosed under
10        this clause (A) does not further disclose the
11        information, unless done to allow or improve
12        operability and functionality of the operator's site,
13        service, or application.
14            (B) To ensure legal and regulatory compliance or
15        take precautions against liability.
16            (C) To respond to the judicial process.
17            (D) To protect the safety or integrity of users of
18        the site or others or the security of the site,
19        service, or application.
20            (E) For a school, educational, or employment
21        purpose requested by the student or the student's
22        parent or legal guardian, provided that the
23        information is not used or further disclosed for any
24        other purpose.
25            (F) To a third party if the operator contractually
26        prohibits the third party from using any covered

 

 

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1        information for any purpose other than providing the
2        contracted service to or on behalf of the operator,
3        prohibits the third party from disclosing any covered
4        information provided by the operator with subsequent
5        third parties, and requires the third party to
6        implement and maintain reasonable security procedures
7        and practices.
8    Nothing in this Section prohibits the operator's use of
9information for maintaining, developing, supporting,
10improving, or diagnosing the operator's site, service, or
11application.
 
12    Section 15. Operator duties. An operator shall do the
13following:
14        (1) Implement and maintain reasonable security
15    procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the
16    covered information and designed to protect that covered
17    information from unauthorized access, destruction, use,
18    modification, or disclosure.
19        (2) Delete, within a reasonable time period, a
20    student's covered information if the school or school
21    district requests deletion of covered information under
22    the control of the school or school district, unless a
23    student or his or her parent or legal guardian consents to
24    the maintenance of the covered information.
25        (3) Publicly disclose material information about its

 

 

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1    collection, use, and disclosure of covered information,
2    including, but not limited to, publishing a terms of
3    service agreement, privacy policy, or similar document.
 
4    Section 20. Permissive use or disclosure. An operator may
5use or disclose covered information of a student under the
6following circumstances:
7        (1) If other provisions of federal or State law require
8    the operator to disclose the information, and the operator
9    complies with the requirements of federal and State law in
10    protecting and disclosing that information.
11        (2) For legitimate research purposes as required by
12    State or federal law and subject to the restrictions under
13    applicable State and federal law or as allowed by State or
14    federal law and under the direction of a school, school
15    district, or the State Board of Education if the covered
16    information is not used for advertising or to amass a
17    profile on the student for purposes other than for K
18    through 12 school purposes.
19        (3) To a State or local educational agency, including
20    schools and school districts, for K through 12 school
21    purposes, as permitted by State or federal law.
 
22    Section 25. Operator actions that are not prohibited. This
23Act does not prohibit an operator from doing any of the
24following:

 

 

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1        (1) Using covered information to improve educational
2    products if that information is not associated with an
3    identified student within the operator's site, service, or
4    application or other sites, services, or applications
5    owned by the operator.
6        (2) Using covered information that is not associated
7    with an identified student to demonstrate the
8    effectiveness of the operator's products or services,
9    including in their marketing.
10        (3) Sharing covered information that is not associated
11    with an identified student for the development and
12    improvement of educational sites, services, or
13    applications.
14        (4) Using recommendation engines to recommend to a
15    student either of the following:
16            (A) Additional content relating to an educational,
17        other learning, or employment opportunity purpose
18        within an online site, service, or application if the
19        recommendation is not determined in whole or in part by
20        payment or other consideration from a third party.
21            (B) Additional services relating to an
22        educational, other learning, or employment opportunity
23        purpose within an online site, service, or application
24        if the recommendation is not determined in whole or in
25        part by payment or other consideration from a third
26        party.

 

 

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1        (5) Responding to a student's request for information
2    or for feedback without the information or response being
3    determined in whole or in part by payment or other
4    consideration from a third party.
 
5    Section 30. Applicability. This Act does not do any of the
6following:
7        (1) Limit the authority of a law enforcement agency to
8    obtain any content or information from an operator as
9    authorized by law or under a court order.
10        (2) Limit the ability of an operator to use student
11    data, including covered information, for adaptive learning
12    or customized student learning purposes.
13        (3) Apply to general audience Internet websites,
14    general audience online services, general audience online
15    applications, or general audience mobile applications,
16    even if login credentials created for an operator's site,
17    service, or application may be used to access those general
18    audience sites, services, or applications.
19        (4) Limit service providers from providing Internet
20    connectivity to schools or students and their families.
21        (5) Prohibit an operator of an Internet website, online
22    service, online application, or mobile application from
23    marketing educational products directly to parents if the
24    marketing did not result from the use of covered
25    information obtained by the operator through the provision

 

 

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1    of services covered under this Act.
2        (6) Impose a duty upon a provider of an electronic
3    store, gateway, marketplace, or other means of purchasing
4    or downloading software or applications to review or
5    enforce compliance with this Act on those applications or
6    software.
7        (7) Impose a duty upon a provider of an interactive
8    computer service to review or enforce compliance with this
9    Act by third-party content providers.
10        (8) Prohibit students from downloading, exporting,
11    transferring, saving, or maintaining their own student
12    data or documents.
13        (9) Supersede the federal Family Educational Rights
14    and Privacy Act of 1974 or rules adopted pursuant to that
15    Act or the Illinois School Student Records Act.
 
16    Section 35. Enforcement. Violations of this Act shall
17constitute unlawful practices for which the Attorney General
18may take appropriate action under the Consumer Fraud and
19Deceptive Business Practices Act.
 
20    Section 40. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
21severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
22    Section 50. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
23Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (815 ILCS 505/2Z)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
2    Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly
3violates the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision
4Repair Act, the Home Repair and Remodeling Act, the Dance
5Studio Act, the Physical Fitness Services Act, the Hearing
6Instrument Consumer Protection Act, the Illinois Union Label
7Act, the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer
8Protection Act, the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
9the Credit Services Organizations Act, the Automatic Telephone
10Dialers Act, the Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection
11Act, the Telephone Solicitations Act, the Illinois Funeral or
12Burial Funds Act, the Cemetery Oversight Act, the Cemetery Care
13Act, the Safe and Hygienic Bed Act, the Pre-Need Cemetery Sales
14Act, the High Risk Home Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act,
15the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section
163-10 of the Cigarette Tax Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section
173-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic Mail Act, the
18Internet Caller Identification Act, paragraph (6) of
19subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
20Section 11-1431, 18d-115, 18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, 18d-150,
21or 18d-153 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the
22Residential Real Property Disclosure Act, the Automatic
23Contract Renewal Act, the Reverse Mortgage Act, Section 25 of
24the Youth Mental Health Protection Act, or the Personal
25Information Protection Act, or the Student Online Personal

 

 

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1Protection Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning
2of this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 99-331, eff. 1-1-16; 99-411, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
4eff. 7-28-16.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.