The governor has signed into law two measures that will protect the privacy of students as well as public employees such as teachers, police officers and others.

House Bills 1875 and 1876 both were authored by Rep. Tammy West, R-Oklahoma City. Both measures passed unanimously in both the House and state Senate.

“In this day and age when our personal information is being harvested and sold so that it can be used for everything from unwanted marketing to actual harm for members of our law enforcement community, I am thrilled that the governor sees the value of these important protections,” West said. I’m grateful for the overwhelming support of my co-legislators who also saw the necessity of these changes to state statute.”

House Bill 1875 prohibits the release or sale of student directory information by any entity other than the school district that is the primary custodian of the information.  House Bill 1876 will keep private the home addresses, personal telephone numbers, Social Security numbers and private email addresses of current and former public employees.