The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA sets forth protocols for ensuring privacy and security of personally identifiable information of students. DrivingSchoolSoftware.com adheres to the data protection protocols set forth in FERPA.
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com is iKeepSafe Certified: The iKeepSafe FERPA Certification demonstrates compliance with the federal mandates as well as iKeepSafe's rigorous guidelines through the published Product Profile.
Click Here to Read More
The CSPC builds on iKeepSafe's FERPA Assessment and COPPA Safe Harbor, which help educators and parents find products that meet the expectations of federal privacy laws. This certification is recommended for operators and providers of websites and online services that are, whole or in part, intended for use in and by schools. Earning the iKeepSafe CSPC asserts that your technology company is a leader in student privacy.
The certification assesses for federal and California laws governing student data privacy, including:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA")
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment ("PPRA")
California Education Code 49073.6 – Collection of Student Information from Social Media
California AB 1584, Education Code section 49073.1 – Privacy of Pupil Records: 3rd-Party Digital
Storage & Education Software
Student Online Personal Information Protection Act ("SOPIPA")
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com provides contact information on its website for inquiries or complaints regarding compliance with the Privacy Shield. Click here for DrivingSchoolSoftware contact page.
In addition to the above guiding principles on personal data:
Location: DrivingSchoolSoftware.com contracts with educational agencies in California are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. Additionally, educational agencies in the United States are serviced by DrivingSchoolSoftware.com servers and database infrastructure that are based in the United States.
Click Here to Read More
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com is compliant with Ohio Department of Education Student Data Privacy requirements.
Click Here to Learn More
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com is compliant with Colorado Student Records and Privacy requirements.
Click Here to Learn More
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com is compliant with Utah Student Data Privacy requirements.
Click Here to Learn More
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com is compliant with Oregon Student Records and Privacy requirements.
Click Here to Learn More
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com is compliant with Michigan Student Data Privacy requirements.
Click Here to Learn More
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com is a member of the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC).
The Student Data Privacy Consortium is:
Designed to address the day-to-day, real-world multi-faceted issues that schools, states and vendors are facing each day in the protection of learner information.
A Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community, which is a unique, non-profit collaboration, composed of schools, districts, local authorities, states, US and International Ministries of Education, software vendors and consultants who collectively address all aspects of learning information management and access to support learning.
Leverages the work ongoing by various organizations already providing guidance to schools and states regarding student data privacy. Its main focus is on issues being faced by "on-the-ground" practitioners.
Click here to verify
In July, 2016, the Privacy Shield framework was designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the European Commission, and the Swiss Administration to help companies comply with data protection requirements of the EU and Switzerland.
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com participates in the EU Privacy Shield.
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union, invalidated the privacy shield as a substitute for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Privacy Shield continues to be in effect for Switzerland. A key factor contributing to the invalidation was the permissible transfer of personal data from the EU to the US under certain circumstances. DrivingSchoolSoftware.com customers are always in control over the storage and transmission of their personal data. DrivingSchoolSoftware.com software and system processes can only transmit personal data with the express instruction of the customer.
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com continues to participate in Privacy Shield and adhere to its guiding principles for the benefit of our customers in Switzerland.
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com conforms to the Privacy Shield Principles as follows:
Notice: DrivingSchoolSoftware.com publishes online privacy notices, including its participation in the Privacy Shield, its practices on collecting, using, and sharing personal data with third parties, its privacy practices, and choices available to individuals regarding limiting data collection and use.
Choice: DrivingSchoolSoftware.com will not share the customer's data with third party vendors. DrivingSchoolSoftware.com customers are always in control over the storage and transmission of their personal data.
Accountability for Onward Transfer: DrivingSchoolSoftware.com software enables the customer to control when and how their data is shared with third party vendors.
Security: DrivingSchoolSoftware.com takes all reasonable and appropriate measures to protect the data owned by the customers that it serves from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access.
Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation: DrivingSchoolSoftware.com takes all reasonable and appropriate measures to limit processing to the purposes for which data has been collected, and to ensure that personal data is reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete, and current.
Access: DrivingSchoolSoftware.com customers are always in control of their data, and can correct, amend, or delete information that is inaccurate.
Recourse, Enforcement and Liability: DrivingSchoolSoftware.com protects against the unauthorized access of personal data through a variety of measures, including those enumerated within the EU standard contractual clauses related to data protection.
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com provides contact information on its website for inquiries or complaints regarding compliance with the Privacy Shield. The DrivingSchoolSoftware.com contact web page is classlink.com/contact.
DrivingSchoolSoftware.com participates in the Independent Recourse Mechanism (IRM) provided by the European Union Dispute Resolution Procedures (EU DPAs) for Privacy Shield dispute resolution.
WE PROUDLY PARTNER WITH AND SUPPPORT
