Confidentiality
Our students, clients, and other parties with whom we do business entrust the University with important information. The protection of confidential business, student, and other information is vital to the interests of the University and others. Confidential information includes certain student information, confidential information regarding vendors and customers, contract and legal documents, certain financial information, and other non-public proprietary University information.
It is our policy that all confidential will not be disclosed to external parties or to employees without a “need to know.” No confidential information may be copied or removed from University premises, except in the ordinary course of performing duties for the University. Additionally, confidential information may not be disclosed to anyone except where required for a legitimate business purpose. If an employee questions whether certain information is considered confidential, he or he should first check with his or her immediate supervisor.
This policy is intended to alert employees to the need for discretion at all times and is not intended to inhibit normal business communications.
All inquiries from the media must be referred to the Vice President for Marketing and Institutional Effectiveness. All requests by outside entities or persons for the disclosure of confidential information should be directed to .
Nothing in this policy is intended in any way to limit your rights under any applicable law, including your rights under the National Labor Relations Act to engage in protected concerted activities with other employees to improve terms and conditions of employment, such as wages and benefits.
An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law. An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.