Transparent, publicly available policies and statements that articulate how states ensure the security of the data and the privacy and confidentiality of personally identifiable information. These policies and statements should address important issues including who has access to what data, especially identifiable data; how the information is used and linked; the justification for the collection of specific data elements; and how long states retain the information.
| State Has Privacy Policies to Ensure the Privacy and Security of ECE Data |
| On website | |
| Traditional mailings | |
| Email updates | |
| Other |
| Connection | States |
|---|---|
| Yes, state has privacy policies | 45 |
| No, state does not have privacy policies | 2 |
| Method | States |
|---|---|
| On website | 27 |
| Traditional mailings | 5 |
| Email updates | 5 |
| Other | 21 |
| No | 4 |
*States were able to select multiple options