Student Data-Cloud Computing
RI Student Cloud Data Law
Students · Children · Marketing
Requires cloud service providers serving Rhode Island schools to use K-12 student data only to provide the service to the school, and forbids processing it for commercial purposes such as advertising. Providers must certify compliance in writing when they contract.
- Where
- Rhode Island
- Citation
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-104-1
- Status
- In force
- Enforced by
- Not specified in the statute
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- The section specifies no penalty or enforcement mechanism; compliance is enforced through the required written certification and contract.
- Applies to
- Any person providing a cloud computing service (account-based productivity apps such as email, document storage and editing) to an educational institution in Rhode Island, as to K-12 students' data
Practices it requires
- Process K-12 student data solely to provide the cloud computing service to the educational institution, and never for commercial purposes including advertising that benefits the provider.R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-104-1(b)
Other duties
- Certify in writing, in each services contract, that the provider will comply with the section.R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-104-1(c)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Effective date of P.L. 2014, chs. 188 and 207 not confirmed. | private_right_of_action recorded as 'no' because the statute creates none; courts have not been checked.
Research reference, not legal advice.