At the end of the semester, when so many of us are cleaning out old paperwork from our offices, please take extra care to properly dispose of any paper or electronic media that contains sensitive data.
Anything that contains student grades or other personally identifiable information (including old exams, papers, and so on) should be shredded for disposal. This is a requirement of FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Similarly, any paperwork or electronic records that contain protected information such as social security numbers should also be shredded or otherwise destroyed. This includes job applications, copies of tax forms that are no longer needed, credit card slips, and so on.
If you need access to a shredder for paperwork, there is one in ITS on the ground floor of the Wehle Technology Center. If you need to dispose of electronic media, such as CDs or floppy disks, please bring them to the Help Desk, also on the ground floor of Wehle.
Submitted by: Matt Gracie, information security administrator, ITS
Date published: 4/27/2009