What are the Specifics of HB 1612?

New Hampshire House Bill 1612 (NH HB1612) was designed specificly to improve the data security posture of School Administrative Units (SAU). The specifics of New Hampshire HB 1612 are:

1. Conduct an inventory of all software applications, digital tools, and extensions. The inventory shall include users of the applications, the provider, purpose, publisher, privacy statement, and terms of use.
1. Review all software applications, digital tools, and extensions and assure that they meet or exceed standards set by the department.
2. Create, maintain, and make publicly available an index of definitions of student personally-identifiable data fields
3. Develop a thorough data security plan that includes:
1. Privacy compliance standards
2. Privacy and security audits
3. Breach planning, notification, and procedures
4. Data retention and disposition policies
4. The data security plan must require breach notification as soon as practicable to:
1. Any teacher or student whose PII is believed to have been part of a breach must be notified as soon as possible
2. Further notifications must also be sent to the governor, state board, senate president, speaker of the house, chairperson of the senate committee with jurisdiction over education, chairperson of the house committee with jurisdiction over education, the legislative oversight committee, and the commissioner of the department of information technology
5. The data security plan must require an annual data security breach report delivered to:
1. The governor, state board, senate president, speaker of the house, chairperson of the senate committee with primary jurisdiction over education, chairperson of the house committee with primary jurisdiction over education, legislative oversight committee, and the commissioner of the department of information technology
6. Make publicly available students' and parents' rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, this includes:
1. The right to inspect and review the student's education records
2. The right to request amendment of a student's education records that the parent or student believes are inaccurate or misleading
3. The right to provide written consent before the school discloses student personally identifiable data

How can Security7 Networks Help? 

Security7 Networks has developed a custom HB 1612 solution that is designed to help SAUs implement and maintain a healthy data security posture, keeping students, teachers and databases safe. It includes: