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ut_data_security_policy [2017/02/16 13:43]
jthywiss Add note about legal protection of student records
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//​.
  
-:​!:​**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"​ 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)]].+:​!:​**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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 Notably, DropBox and iCloud are **not** approved for controlled or confidential data. Notably, DropBox and iCloud are **not** approved for controlled or confidential data.
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 +===== 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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ut_data_security_policy.1487274181.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/02/16 13:43 by jthywiss