(a) Each public postsecondary institution in Arkansas shall adopt a privacy policy governing electronic communications transmitted over the institution's computer network system that are originated or received by a faculty member, staff member, or a student.
(b) No later than January 1, 2004, the computer policy shall be included in each institution's student handbook and shall be available on each institution's website.
(c) The privacy policy shall include provisions identifying:
(1) The types of electronic communications that are not confidential;
(2) Methods to be used by the institution to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable electronic communications that are originated or received by a faculty member, staff member, or a student;
(3) Procedures for releasing any confidential personally identifiable electronic communication that is originated or received by a faculty member, staff member, or a student; and
(4) Any other information necessary for the institution's faculty, staff, and students to understand their rights and obligations under the policy.
(d) For purposes of this section, “electronic communication” includes any electronic mail message transmitted through the international network of interconnected government, educational, and commercial computer networks and includes messages transmitted from or to any address affiliated with an Internet site.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally
Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 6-61-105. Course in American history or civil government required
§ 6-61-107. Courses in conservation of natural resources — Teachers required to take course
§ 6-61-108. Eye protection required
§ 6-61-110. Testing of entering freshmen for remedial courses
§ 6-61-111. Student assessment programs
§ 6-61-112. Student or student's spouse called into military service
§ 6-61-113. References to race
§ 6-61-121. Higher education minority retention programs — Definition
§ 6-61-122. Higher education minority retention programs — Establishment — Reports
§ 6-61-123. Meningococcal disease warning
§ 6-61-124. Reporting minority students who complete an education program — Definitions
§ 6-61-125. American Sign Language as foreign language
§ 6-61-126. Electronic communication — Privacy policy
§ 6-61-127. Arkansas Higher Education Performance Reporting System
§ 6-61-128. Restrictions on use of social security numbers
§ 6-61-129. Establishment of centers of excellence — Definition
§ 6-61-130. Institutional advice for university course work and degree completion
§ 6-61-132. Academic advising on transferability of coursework
§ 6-61-134. Associate of applied science degree — Mathematics requirement
§ 6-61-135. False academic credential
§ 6-61-136. Establishment of an accrediting agency
§ 6-61-138. Posthumous degrees
§ 6-61-139. Emergency or security records or information — Disclosure exempted