Colorado Code § 22-16-111

Use of data - exceptions - application of article
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(1) Notwithstanding any
provision of this article to the contrary, this article does not prohibit the use of student personally
identifiable information to:
(a) Use adaptive learning or design personalized or customized education;
(b) Maintain, develop, support, improve, or diagnose a school service contract provider's
website, online service, online application, or mobile application;
(c) Provide recommendations for school, educational, or employment purposes within a
school service, so long as the response is not determined in whole or in part by payment or other
consideration from a third party;
(d) Respond to a student's request for information or for feedback so long as the
information or response is not determined in whole or in part by payment or other consideration
from a third party;
(e) Identify for the student, only with the written consent of the student or the student's
parent, institutions of higher education or scholarship providers that are seeking students who
meet specific criteria, regardless of whether the identified institutions of higher education or
scholarship providers provide consideration to the school service contract provider;
(f) In accordance with the terms of a contract between the school service contract
provider and a public education entity, produce and distribute, free or for consideration, student
class photos and yearbooks only to the public education entity, students, parents, or individuals
authorized by parents; or
(g) Provide for the student, only with the express written consent of the student or the
student's parent given in response to clear and conspicuous notice, access to employment
opportunities, educational scholarships or financial aid, or postsecondary education
opportunities, regardless of whether the school service contract provider receives consideration
from one or more third parties in exchange for the student personally identifiable information.
This exception applies only to school service contract providers that provide nationally
recognized assessments that postsecondary institutions of higher education use in making
admissions decisions.
(2) This article does not:
(a) Impose a duty on a provider of an interactive computer service, as defined in 47
U.S.C. sec. 230, to review or enforce compliance with this article by school service contract
providers or school service on-demand providers;
(b) Impede the ability of a student to download, export, or otherwise save or maintain his
or her own student personally identifiable information or documents;
(c) Limit internet service providers from providing internet connectivity to public
schools or to students and their families;
(d) Prohibit a school service contract provider from marketing educational products
directly to parents so long as the marketing does not result from the use of student personally
identifiable information obtained by the school service contract provider as a result of providing
its website, online service, online application, or mobile application; or
(e) Impose a duty on a provider of an electronic store, gateway, marketplace, or other
means of purchasing or downloading software or applications to review or enforce compliance
with this article on that software or those applications.
(3) The requirements specified in sections 22-16-108 to 22-16-110 apply to school
service contract providers that enter into or renew contracts with public education entities on or
after August 10, 2016.

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