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The Hyde Park Central School District establishes the following parental bill of rights:

 Student PII will be collected and disclosed only as necessary to achieve educational purposes in accordance with State and Federal Law.

 A student's personally identifiable information cannot be sold or released for any marketing or commercial purposes by the district or any third party contractor.  The district will not sell student personally identifiable information and will not release it for marketing or commercial purposes, other than directory information released by the district in accordance with district policy;

Parents have the right to inspect and review the complete contents of their child's education record (for more information about how to exercise this right, see BOE 5500-R);

State and federal laws, such as NYS Education Law §2-d and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, protect the confidentiality of students’ personally identifiable information.  Safeguards associated with industry standards and best practices, including but not limited to, encryption, firewalls, and password protection, must be in place when data is stored or transferred;

A complete list of all student data elements collected by the State Education Department is available for public review at https://www.nysed.gov/data-privacy-security or by writing to: Chief Privacy Officer, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234.

Parents have the right to have complaints about possible breaches and unauthorized disclosures of student data addressed. Complaints should be directed to the Data Privacy Officer.    Complaints can also be directed to the New York State Education Department online at https://www.nysed.gov/data-privacy-security/report-improper-disclosure, by mail to the Chief Privacy Officer, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234 or by email to privacy@nysed.gov or by telephone at 518-474-0937.

Parents have the right to be notified in accordance to applicable laws and regulations if a breach or unauthorized release of their student’s PII occurs.

Parents can expect that educational agency workers who handle PII will receive annual training on applicable federal and state laws, regulations, educational agency’s policies and safeguards  which will be in alignment with industry standards and best practices to protect PII.

In the event that the District engages a third party provider to deliver student educational services, the contractor or subcontractors will be obligated to adhere to State and Federal Laws to safeguard student PII. Parents can request information about third party contractors by contacting the district's Data Privacy Officer, Richard Wert

Richard Wert, Director of Technology

11 Boice Road, Hyde Park, NY  12538

845.229.4000

dpo@hpcsd.org

Data Privacy information is available on the district’s website hpcsd.org.