HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 974        FILED ON: 1/15/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 331

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carlo Basile

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act prohibiting service providers who offer cloud computing services to K-12 educational institutions from processing student data for commercial purposes..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carlo Basile

1st Suffolk

1/15/2013


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 974        FILED ON: 1/15/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 331

By Mr. Basile of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 331) of Carlo Basile relative to providing cloud, so-called, computing service to educational institutions.  Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act prohibiting service providers who offer cloud computing services to K-12 educational institutions from processing student data for commercial purposes..

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 1.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary any person who provides a cloud computing service to an educational institution operating within the State shall process data of a student enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade for the sole purpose of providing the cloud computing service to the educational institution and shall not process such data for any commercial purpose, including but not limited to advertising purposes that benefit the cloud computing service provider.