Emmer Sends Letter Defending Student Data Privacy to Education Secretary

Statement

Today, Congressman Emmer sent a letter urging Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to clarify the Department of Education's plan to safeguard student data privacy.

Emmer said "When our current student data privacy laws were written, concepts like online remote learning were unheard of. This has left children and their family's data vulnerable, often without their knowledge.

Emmer continued, "We owe it to our nation's students to modernize our approach to safeguarding their digital identities."

Specifically, the letter asks the Department of Education to address their awareness of student metadata being shared with vendors, if parents and eligible students are able to opt-out of information sharing, and the department's approach to modernizing student data privacy protections.

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