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Maryland Introduces Bills to Protect Students' Social Media Privacy Rights

BY Bradley S. Shear
February 28, 2012

The State of Maryland is leading the way nationally to protect the social media privacy rights of students with Senate Bill 434: Institutions of Postsecondary Education-Electronic Account, Service, and Communications Device Privacy Protection (http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/billfile/sb0434.htm), and House Bill 310: Public and Non-Public Institutions of Higher Education ' Internet and Electronic Privacy Protection (http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/billfile/hb0310.htm).

According to the synopsis of Senate Bill 434 on the Maryland Legislature's website, it would:

[Prohibit] an institution of postsecondary education from requiring a student or an applicant for admission to provide access to a personal account or service through an electronic communications device, to disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing specified accounts or services through an electronic communications device, or to install on specified electronic communications devices software that monitors or tracks electronic content; etc.

(A PDF of the Senate Bill is available at http://bit.ly/wh6Yfs.)

According to the synopsis of House Bill 310 on the Maryland Legislature's website, it would:

[Prohibit] public and nonpublic institutions of higher education from requiring a student or applicant for admission to provide the academic institution with access to specified Internet sites or electronic accounts through specified electronic devices, to disclose specified password and related information, or to install specified monitoring or tracking software onto specified electronic devices; etc.

(A PDF of the House Bill is available at http://bit.ly/w2alHD.)

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