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Friday, August 16, 2013

FERPA Q&A: Storing student information

Question: What's the best way to store information about students?

Answer: Student data (e.g., grades, attendance, test scores, advising appointment information) should be stored on central servers, not on personal computers, hard drives of computers that more than one person has access to, flash drives, or laptops.

It is important to keep in mind that portable electronic devices stored with sensitive information can easily be lost or stolen. If this occurs, the affected students must be notified that their non-public (or suppressed public) student data has been released.


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