Section 99121 Of Chapter 2.5. Social Media Privacy From California Education Code >> Division 14. >> Title 3. >> Part 65. >> Chapter 2.5.
99121
. (a) Public and private postsecondary educational
institutions, and their employees and representatives, shall not
require or request a student, prospective student, or student group
to do any of the following:
(1) Disclose a user name or password for accessing personal social
media.
(2) Access personal social media in the presence of the
institution's employee or representative.
(3) Divulge any personal social media information.
(b) A public or private postsecondary educational institution
shall not suspend, expel, discipline, threaten to take any of those
actions, or otherwise penalize a student, prospective student, or
student group in any way for refusing to comply with a request or
demand that violates this section.
(c) This section shall not do either of the following:
(1) Affect a public or private postsecondary educational
institution's existing rights and obligations to protect against and
investigate alleged student misconduct or violations of applicable
laws and regulations.
(2) Prohibit a public or private postsecondary educational
institution from taking any adverse action against a student,
prospective student, or student group for any lawful reason.