The Belmont Public School district complies with the legal requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Parents will be asked to sign an electronic one-time permission form in order for their student to participate.
Students' first name, last name, school, and year of graduation are used to create accounts on the system. Google Apps student accounts created by the school district will be managed based upon the classroom requirements and parental consent. In school, teacher supervision and content filters are used to help prevent access to inappropriate content and to ensure proper educational use of the application. Google does not request any personal information from students and the District does not provide personal student data such as birth dates, home address, phone number, grades, test scores to Google. That information resides in the district's student information system and is not stored nor available to Google. Student accounts can be accessed by domain administrators at any time. Information about the privacy policy and protections of Google Apps can be found at: www.google.com/edu/privacy.html.
As with all internet access, the district utilizes a content filter for Google Apps. While at school, staff will monitor students’ use of Google Apps, either by direct observation or by automated systems which identify prohibited use. At all times, whether at school or home, students are responsible for their adherence the Student Acceptable Use policy. E-mail accounts are issued to all students, grades 5-12. Students in grades 5-8 may only e-mail other students and their teachers. Students are instructed not to shared documents with users outside the district. A monitoring system is in place to identify documents which are shared externally.