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Privacy


Students

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) provides you as a student with certain rights in regards to your education records. FERPA governs the release and access of education records maintained by DePaul or any educational institution.

When you turn 18 or begin attending a postsecondary institution regardless of age, you acquire FERPA rights. FERPA rights transfer to you beginning the first day of the first term of enrollment at DePaul.

FERPA is a law that applies to all institutions that receive any kind of funding, such as financial aid or research grants, administered by the Department of Education. Failure to comply with the law might result in our loss of funds from the Department.

An Education Record is a record that is directly related to a student and maintained by the university. An Education Record can exist in any media, including handwritten notes, print, digital, audio, video, photograph, film, etc.

Directory Information at DePaul includes your name, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, date of birth, college of enrollment, year in school, major, enrollment status (including current enrollment, dates of attendance, full-time/part-time, withdrawn), degrees, awards and honors received (e.g., Dean's List recognition), participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, photographs (including ID pictures), videos depicting and/or concerning university life, and previous educational institutions attended.

Directory information never includes a student's race, gender, Social Security Number, grades, GPA, country of citizenship or religion.

No. DePaul provides you access to this information through Campus Connect. It is your right to choose with whom you share this information.

Faculty members do not have access to your past grades. The only exception to this would be a faculty member who also serves as your academic advisor. This information is to be used for advising purposes only.

Yes, but only under very strict conditions that require their need to know to perform a task as found in their specific job descriptions.

Third parties are required to go through the National Student Clearinghouse for degree verification. If you have requested to restrict degree information, the Clearinghouse will require your signature each time this information is requested. The FERPA restriction in effect at the time of your degree conferral remains on your Clearinghouse record.


Families

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) provides students with certain rights in regards to their student records. FERPA governs the release and access of education records maintained by DePaul or any educational institution.

When your student turns 18 or begins attending a postsecondary institution regardless of age, your student acquires FERPA rights. FERPA rights transfer to your student beginning the first day of the first term of enrollment at DePaul.

FERPA is a law that applies to all institutions that receive any kind of funding, such as financial aid or research grants, administered by the Department of Education. Failure to comply with the law might result in our loss of funds from the Department.

An Education Record is a record that is directly related to a student and maintained by the university. An Education Record can exist in any media, including handwritten notes, print, digital, audio, video, photograph, film, etc.

Directory Information at DePaul includes: name, address, email, telephone number, date of birth, college of enrollment, year in school, major, enrollment status (including current enrollment, dates of attendance, full-time/part-time, withdrawn), degrees, awards and honors received (e.g., Dean's List recognition), participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, photographs (including ID pictures), videos depicting and/or concerning university life, and previous educational institutions attended.

Directory information never includes a student's race, gender, Social Security Number, grades, GPA, country of citizenship or religion.

DePaul provides students access to this information through Campus Connect. It is a student's right to determine with whom to share this information. Students have access to this information 24/7.

Faculty members do not have access to students' past grades. The only exception to this would be a faculty member who also serves as a student's academic advisor. This information is to be used for advising purposes only.

Yes, but only under very strict conditions that require their need to know to perform a task as found in their specific job descriptions.

Third parties are required to go through the National Student Clearinghouse for degree verification. If a student has requested to restrict degree information, the Clearinghouse will require the student's signature each time this information is requested. The FERPA restriction in effect at the time of degree conferral remains on the student's Clearinghouse record.



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