Wyoming Statutes Title 21. Education § 21-18-318. Student electronic writings and other electronic communications; expectation of privacy

(a) No ownership rights to any electronic writing or other electronic communication created by a student shall be conveyed, transferred or otherwise affected solely as a result of the writing or other communication being stored on an electronic device paid for in whole or in part by a community college within the state or transmitted or stored on a community college's network.

(b) Students at a community college in the state shall have an expectation of privacy in the electronic writings and other electronic communications created by the student regardless of whether the writing or other communication is stored on an electronic device paid for in whole or in part by the community college or transmitted or stored on the community college's network. A community college shall not require a student to waive or limit the student's expectation of privacy specified under this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to writings or other communications:

(c) The property rights and expectation of privacy provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to a writing or other communication created by a student who is simultaneously employed by and enrolled at a community college if the writing or other communication is created when the person is acting in an official capacity as an employee of the community college. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish the property rights or expectation of privacy of persons acting in the capacity of an employee of a community college.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:

(e) For purposes of this section, “student” means any person currently enrolled full time or part time at a community college in the state.