In accordance with Education Law Section 2-d, the East Rochester Union Free School District hereby sets forth the following Parents’ Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security, which is applicable to all students and their parents/legal guardians.

1. A student's personally identifiable information cannot be sold or released for any commercial purposes;

2. In accordance with FERPA, Section 2-d and Board Policy 7240 Student Records: Access and Challenge, parents have the right to inspect and review the complete contents of their child's education record;

3. The District has the following safeguards in place to protect student data, including personally identifiable information stored or transferred by the District:

a. All databases that have student information are protected by a secure password and login. These logins are monitored and kept up to date;

b. Student information is only accessible by those that are deemed warranted of having the information.

4. The New York State Education Department collects a number of student data elements for authorized uses. A complete list of all student data elements collected by the State is available for public review from the State Education Department. A complete list of all student data elements collected by the State is available for public review at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/sirs/documentation/NYSEDstudentData.xlsx
or you may obtain a copy of this list by writing to the Office of Information & Reporting Services, New York State Education Department, Room 863 EBA, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234.

5. Parents have the right to submit complaints about possible breaches of student data or teacher or principal APPR data. Any such complaint must be submitted, in writing, to:

Data Privacy Officer
Dan Friday

200 Woodbine Avenue
East Rochester, NY 14445

6. Parents may also submit complaints about possible breaches of student data or teacher or principal AAPR data. 

Complaints may be emailed to [email protected]  with “COMPLAINT” in the subject line of the email. Alternately, a complaint may be mailed to NYSED at the following address:

New York State Education Department
Office of ESSA Funded Programs
Attention: Complaint Coordinator 
89 Washington Avenue, Room 320EB
Albany, New York 12234 

Board Policy 5676 Privacy and Security for Student Data and Teacher and Principal Data