LTISD Info

Let’s revisit the earlier post: ‘Did you know about the Texas Transportation Code or the Driver Privacy Protection Act?’

I remember making a Texas Public Information Act Request asking the following:

“Any contracts, invoices, and payments between the LTISD and Raptor Technologies, Inc.“

Interesting, but the documents “responsive” to my request^TPIA do not include an actual “contract” between the LTISD and Raptor Technologies, Inc. Why not?

Does the district have a contract with Raptor Technologies, Inc?

You would think that the terms of:

Privacy, just who is responsible for the protecting the privacy of the information collected by Raptor Technologies, Inc? Don’t count on the LTISD for this!

Data use, just who will use the data and what will they be doing with it? Also, specifically, what data is collected and what justifies the use of each item collected?

Data ownership, just who “owns” the data that is collected?

Liability, just who is liable if and when the data is compromised? Raptor Technologies, Inc? LTISD?

Don’t you want to know the answers to these and other questions before you blindly turn your personal data over to a stranger?

Shouldn’t the district be required to spell out the terms of the data use, like every other government agency that holds your personal data?

I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has not seen the terms of the contract before they let their personal information be harvested.

Just because “the school district says it’s ok” is reason enough to be suspicious, especially the LTISD with their checkered history.

Next we will look more into the Texas Legislature’s sanction of Raptor Technologies, Inc. with SB9 and the relationship of Bradford T. Shields, Raptor Technologies’ lobbyist.

Perhaps we should “follow the money” on this … straight from your tax payments.

We ultimately have to ask ourselves: “Was this a problem in need of a solution, or was it a ‘solution’ in search of a problem?”

Finally, look at Texas Education Code § 38.002 and read what it really says:

“Sec. 38.022.  SCHOOL VISITORS.  (a)  A school district may require a person who enters a district campus to display the person’s driver’s license or another form of identification containing the person’s photograph issued by a governmental entity.

(b)  A school district may establish an electronic database for the purpose of storing information concerning visitors to district campuses.  Information stored in the electronic database may be used only for the purpose of school district security and may not be sold or otherwise disseminated to a third party for any purpose.

(c)  A school district may verify whether a visitor to a district campus is a sex offender registered with the computerized central database maintained by the Department of Public Safety as provided by Article 62.005, Code of Criminal Procedure, or any other database accessible by the district.

(d)  The board of trustees of a school district shall adopt a policy regarding the action to be taken by the administration of a school campus when a visitor is identified as a sex offender.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372, Sec. 12, eff. June 15, 2007.”

Ask yourself the following questions:

1. The law says that the district may require a visitor to DISPLAY their driver’s license. Note that no requirement to scan or archive their driver’s license information is mentioned.
2. The school district may establish an electronic database or the purpose of storing information concerning visitors to district campuses but § 38.002(b) neither specifies the storage of “driver’s license” data nor the storage of personal data.
3. § 38.002(c) says that the district may access the sex offender registered with the computerized central database maintained by the Department of Public Safety. Why don’t they? Why do the need to pay Raptor Technologies, Inc. for the privilege?