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Editors Note: Each year Ball State University produces a university directory with personal information regarding students, faculty and staff. Although addresses and phone numbers are listed in the book, students have the right to withhold certain information from the book. Below is a statement from the Registrar's office about students' rights regarding the university directory.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), as amended, affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights include:
(1) The right to inspect, review and/or request a copy of the student's education records.
(2) The right to request the amendment of the student's education records that the student believes is inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy rights under FERPA, or to include a comment in the student's education record if the request for an amendment is denied.
(3) The right to provide written consent before the University discloses personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
(4) The right to file with the U.S. Department of Education a complaint concerning alleged failures by the University to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the government office that administers FERPA is: Family Policy Compliance Office, United States Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202
Under the provisions of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, you have the right to withhold the disclosure of any or all of the "Directory Information." The BSU Telephone Directory (or B-Book) sets forth Directory Information and includes: student name, class level, local telephone number, local address and home address. Please consider very carefully the consequences of any decision by you to withhold any category of "Directory Information." Should you decide to inform the institution not to release any or all of the "Directory Information," any future requests for such information from non-institutional persons or organizations will be refused.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), as amended, affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights include:
(1) The right to inspect, review and/or request a copy of the student's education records.
(2) The right to request the amendment of the student's education records that the student believes is inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy rights under FERPA, or to include a comment in the student's education record if the request for an amendment is denied.
(3) The right to provide written consent before the University discloses personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
(4) The right to file with the U.S. Department of Education a complaint concerning alleged failures by the University to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the government office that administers FERPA is: Family Policy Compliance Office, United States Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202
Under the provisions of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, you have the right to withhold the disclosure of any or all of the "Directory Information." The BSU Telephone Directory (or B-Book) sets forth Directory Information and includes: student name, class level, local telephone number, local address and home address. Please consider very carefully the consequences of any decision by you to withhold any category of "Directory Information." Should you decide to inform the institution not to release any or all of the "Directory Information," any future requests for such information from non-institutional persons or organizations will be refused.
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