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ut_data_security_policy [2017/02/11 15:56]
jthywiss created
ut_data_security_policy [2017/07/05 21:37] (current)
jthywiss [UT Data Security Policy] Expand description of Texas student records law
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 Note this last category: ​ If you’re a Teaching Assistant or Assistant Instructor, you’ll have student data, and //all// of it is //​confidential//​. Note this last category: ​ If you’re a Teaching Assistant or Assistant Instructor, you’ll have student data, and //all// of it is //​confidential//​.
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 +:​!:​**Note:​** Student data must be handled very carefully. It is officially a //crime// (//i.e.// threat of fines, jail time, getting fired) in Texas to distribute, misuse, "​permit inspection of", or disclose any records, files, documents, or other materials which contain information directly related to a student. ​ If you want details, see [[http://​www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/​GetStatute.aspx?​Code=GV&​Value=552.114|Tex. Gov't Code § 552.114]], [[http://​www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/​GetStatute.aspx?​Code=GV&​Value=552.352|Tex. Gov't Code § 552.352]], [[https://​www.law.cornell.edu/​uscode/​text/​20/​1232g#​a_4_A|20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4)(A)]].
  
 There are university rules you have to follow if you have UT data. There are university rules you have to follow if you have UT data.
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 (All of this is enough of a pain that you may want to keep all student data on department-managed servers only, with tight access controls in place.) (All of this is enough of a pain that you may want to keep all student data on department-managed servers only, with tight access controls in place.)
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 +
 +===== Disk Encryption =====
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 +UT has approved these disk encryption products:
 +  * WinMagic SecureDoc
 +  * Microsoft Bitlocker
 +  * Apple FileVault 2
 +  * Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) Encryption
 +
 +
 +===== E-Mail Encryption =====
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 +UT offers e-mail certificates for use with S/​MIME-capable e-mail clients. You can have certificates issued for any of your utexas.edu addresses, including UTCS department e-mail and the university’s UTmail.
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 +Instructions are here: https://​wikis.utexas.edu/​display/​digitalcertificates/​How+To+Request+a+Digital+Certificate
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 +===== E-mail Services =====
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 +UT has approved these e-mail services for student data (FERPA):
 +  * [[https://​office365.austin.utexas.edu|Office 365]]
 +  * [[https://​utmail.utexas.edu|UTmail]]
 +  * UT-hosted Exchange Server
 +  * Presumably, the UTCS department mail service
 +
 +
 +===== Cloud Storage/​File Sharing Services =====
 +
 +UT has approved these cloud storage services for student data (FERPA):
 +  - [[https://​utexas.box.com|UTBox]] -- Strongly preferred. ​ Also approved for HIPAA and PCI data.
 +  - [[https://​utmail.utexas.edu|Google Drive for Education]] -- Part of UTmail
 +  - Microsoft OneDrive -- Part of Office 365 (I think)
 +
 +Notably, DropBox and iCloud are **not** approved for controlled or confidential data.
 +
 +
 +===== Privacy Notice =====
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 +If you create a paper form or electronic form, put a Texas privacy notice on it.  This is something like:
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 +> Under Texas Government Code chapters 552 and 559, you are entitled to be informed about the information that UT Austin collects about you. You also have the right to request a copy of that information,​ and to have the university correct any of that information that is wrong. You may request to receive and review any of that information,​ or request corrections to it, by contacting the university'​s Public Information Officer, Office of Financial Affairs, P.O. Box 8179, Austin, Texas, 78713.
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