Data Warehouse Privacy Policy
The UCSC Campus Data Warehouse data is governed by a variety of State and Federal laws and University policies.
Some of the data in the Campus Data Warehouse may be defined as restricted/confidential or private under University policy and the State of California Information Practices Act of 1977 (IPA). The IPA applies to all University records, except those student records specifically exempted from the law, containing personal or confidential information and is intended to protect the privacy of individuals about whom records are maintained.
Access to these records, which may be maintained by individual name or other identifier such as employee number, is authorized for use by University employees when necessary in the performance of assigned duties and if the use of the records is consistent with the purpose(s) for which the information was acquired. Examples of commonly used personal data elements are: gender, ethnicity, age, citizenship/residency, and education level.
Student Information
Some of the data in the Campus Data Warehouse may be defined as confidential under the State of California Education Code (section 67110, et seq.), the Federal regulations implementing the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and the University of California policies applying to Disclosure of Information from Student Records. These policies prohibit the distribution of individually identifiable confidential data, but permit aggregate or statistical reporting so long as identities cannot be derived.
Public Information
Although you as an individual, and the public in general, have a right to request and receive information, should you receive an information request from the public, students, or staff (that is unrelated to their specific job duties) please direct all such inquiries to the Records and Information Management Office for a determination of the proper protocol to fulfill the request.
For more information see Office of the Chancellor’s Information Practices website.
User Responsibility
Users must understand that they are expected to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of all data to which they have access and that they may not disclose data to other parties except under the conditions described in Business and Finance Bulletins:
-RMP-7: Protection of Administrative Records containing Personally Identifiable Information",
-RMP-9 “Guidelines for Access to University personnel Records by Government Agencies”.
For questions regarding the University disclosure policy, contact the Campus Privacy and Info Practices Director.
For more information see Information Technology Services’ Policies website as well as their Information Security website.
