Privacy
California: Speak Up for Student Privacy
There has been a 500% increase in the use of remote proctoring tools during the pandemic. EFF is proud to sponsor S.B. 1172, the Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act (STTPPA), a first-of-its-kind piece of legislation authored by Sen. Dr. Richard Pan, to place limits on what they collect and provide students the right to their day in court for privacy violations.
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Stop Invasive Remote Proctoring: Pass California’s Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act
These tools collect massive amounts of data on test takers, often without their knowledge.
Despite concern from federal lawmakers and California’s Supreme Court, no meaningful data protections have been put into place to protect the privacy of test takers. Join us in telling the California Senate Appropriations Committee to vote “yes” to advance this important bill to protect student privacy.
The STTPPA directs proctoring companies not to collect, use, retain, or disclose test takers’ personal information except as strictly necessary to provide proctoring services. If they do not, the student has the opportunity to take the proctoring company to court. This simple bill gives those directly harmed by privacy violations—test takers—the opportunity to protect their data and privacy.
Tell the California Senate Appropriations Committee to vote “yes” to advance this important bill to protect student privacy.
We won!
Victory! This bill passed the California Senate Judiciary committee. Check our Deeplinks blog for future updates on this bill.
