Lewisville ISD Privacy Policy Information

  • LEWISVILLE ISD WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

    Lewisville ISD is committed to ensuring the privacy and accuracy of your confidential information. LISD does not actively share personal information gathered from its web servers. However, because LISD is a public institution, some information collected from LISD websites, including the summary server log information, emails sent to websites and information collected from web-based forms, may be subject to the Texas Public Information Act. This means that while LISD does not actively share information, in some cases may be compelled by law to release information gathered from its web servers.

    As part of its commitment to maintain the privacy of our website visitors, LISD has developed the following privacy statement. The statement has two purposes:

    1. To educate users about privacy issues.
    2. To inform users about specific privacy policies and guidelines employed by the district.

    LISD complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which prohibits the release of education records without parent permission. Although FERPA regulations apply only to LISD students, the district is equally committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our website. LISD also complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which protects the data of children under the age of 13.

    DATA SECURITY AND INFORMATION PROTECTION

    LISD takes the security of your information seriously and has dedicated resources to the protection of your data. This includes technological controls that meet or exceed industry standards, and a staff that is trained in information confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic data, resources and communications.

    With the passage of Senate Bill 820 from the 86th Texas Legislature, districts are now required to implement certain security measures. Beginning September 1, 2019, districts must:

    • Designate a security coordinator
    • Adopt a cybersecurity policy
    • Report any breach of student personally identifiable data to the Texas Education Agency (TEA)

    The Lewisville ISD Superintendent has designated the Chief Technology Officer as the district's cybersecurity coordinator, who will serve as a liaison between the district and TEA in cybersecurity matters. The cybersecurity coordinator is required to:

    • Report any breach of the district’s information systems to the agency.
    • Provide notice to a parent or guardian of a breach that involves a student’s personally identifiable information.

    LISD.NET

    When you visit lisd.net, and other websites owned and controlled by LISD, information such as your IP address, browser type, geolocation, and pages you visit may be tracked. This information is used to analyze trends or viewing habits, monitor for abuse or malicious activity, and for website administration.

    This information may be shared with a third party, at the discretion of LISD, when sharing is necessary to further these purposes. We may also provide your information to third parties in circumstances where we believe that doing so is necessary or appropriate to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; or protect our rights and safety and the rights and safety of the users of our website or others.

    COOKIES

    Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer that help LISD understand your preferences and basic information about your visit to the district’s website. You may disable cookies for lisd.net by consulting the help section of your web browser. 

    Please visit the links below for helpful information about how cookies are used in the top internet browsers.

    LISD’s website may be accessed from or link to third-party websites (such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other social media), and those websites may also use cookies; however, LISD is not responsible for these third-party cookies. Please consult those websites for information about their privacy practices.

    GOOGLE ANALYTICS

    Some Lewisville ISD websites use Google Analytics; a Web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as URLs, internet domain and host names, browser software, and the date and time that the site is visited. This information is used to monitor the effectiveness of the website and to consider potential improvements to the website. The information is non-personal and is transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers. LISD does not share any specific information about a particular user.

    Please visit the following pages for more information on Google Analytics terms of use and Google's privacy practices. To opt out of Google’s data collection, read more about the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

    Google Analytics is in use on a lot of websites, so we advise you to review Google's own information on what they do with data collected. 

    TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT

    The Texas Public Information Act, with a few exceptions, gives you the right to be informed about the information that LISD collects about you. It also gives you the right to request a copy of that information and to have the district correct any of the information that is wrong. You may request to receive and review any of the information or request corrections to it, by visiting the district's public information request webpage here. 

    THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

    Some pages within the lisd.net domain may contain content that is served from external third parties. For example, lisd.net website might include a graphic logo or a script from a third party.

    LISD does not transmit any information to these third parties. However, when you visit lisd.net pages that contain third-party content, information such as your IP address, date, browser and requested page are transmitted from your computer to that third party. LISD is not responsible for the privacy practices of these external third parties.

    QUESTIONS

    If you have questions about this privacy statement or you believe that your personal information has been released without your consent send email to website@lisd.net.

    UPDATES AND VERSION

    LISD may update this notice at any time. Individuals should always consult www.lisd.net/privacy.

    This page was last updated on Jan. 20, 2021.