On June 11, the New Hampshire governor signed legislation that provides privacy protections for students' online personal information. The measure requires certain operators of websites, online services, and other online and mobile applications targeted at students and their families to create and maintain reasonable security practices to protect covered data. On June 22, the Oregon governor also enacted legislation that restricts the sale of student information, the creation of student profiles, and the sending of targeted advertisements to students. Both measures take effect in July 2016.
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