Incident Reporting
- Contact the Privacy Office: (510) 664-5319
- Report a security incident (link is external)(link is external)(Information Security and Policy)
- Whistleblower Hotline(link is external)(link is external)
Forms
Access to Electronic Communications (also see Accessing Former Employee Email or Files):
- Access without Consent Request (Word) (DOCX file)
- Access with Consent Authorization (Word) (DOCX file)
Policies / Procedures
- Student Records(link is external)(link is external)
- UC Statement of Principles in Support of Undocumented Members of the UC Community(link is external) (PDF file)(link is external)
- UC Electronic Communications Policy(link is external)(link is external)
- Approval to Access Electronic Communications(link is external)(link is external)
- FAQ: Can I access a former employee's email or files?(link is external)(link is external)
- UC Statement of Privacy Values and UC Privacy Principles(link is external) (PDF file)(link is external)
- UC Privacy and Information Security Initiative and Report(link is external)
- Website Privacy Notices Requirement(link is external)(link is external)
- General Privacy Statement for UC Berkeley Websites(link is external)(link is external)
- UC System Privacy Website(link is external)(link is external)
- The ABC's of Privacy & Public Records(link is external) (DOC file)(link is external) [.doc download] UC Office of the President guidance on CA Public Records Act (PRA) and CA Information Practices Act (IPA)
Training
UC LEARNING:
Access the following online courses through the UC Learning Center(link is external). Then search by the title or ID of the tutorial.
- Privacy of Student Records: Are You Revealing Too Much? (FERPA) (BERIG003)
- UC Information Security Awareness (BECIO010)
OTHER:
- Training for Investigators Using Protected Health Information (PHI)(link is external)(link is external)
- UC training for HIPAA Security Rule(link is external)(link is external)
- Teaching Privacy(link is external)(link is external) Hands-on educational tools and other classroom materials for empowering students (undergrads and K-12) to make informed choices about privacy.
FERPA:
- Privacy of Student Records: Are You Revealing Too Much? UC Learning Center. (Go to UC Learning Center(link is external). Then search by the title or tutorial ID BERIG003.)
- FERPA 101: for Colleges and Universities(link is external)(link is external) US Dept. of Education Technical Assistance Center
Research Data Privacy and Governance
Media
- NPR: Student 'Subversives' And The FBI's 'Dirty Tricks'(link is external)(link is external). Journalist Seth Rosenfeld spent three decades pursuing government documents about the FBI's undercover operation in Berkeley, Calif., during the student protest movements in the '60s. His new book details how the FBI "used dirty tricks to stifle dissent on campus" and influenced Ronald Reagan's politics.
- Frontline: United States of Secrets(link is external)(link is external): How did the government come to spy on millions of Americans? (Part 1) | FRONTLINE investigates how Silicon Valley feeds the NSA's global dragnet. (Part 2)
- Radiolab: Watching You, Watching Me(link is external)(link is external). "From awkward moments to practical jokes to serious attempts at battling crime, we ask whether being watched is a good or bad thing. First, a look at how watching others become [sic] one of the most ubiquitous forms of entertainment...Then, a hard look at the trade-off between privacy and safety."
Privacy Organizations
- Berkeley Center for Law and Technology(link is external)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: Issues in Privacy(link is external)(link is external)
- EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center(link is external)(link is external)
- Future of Privacy Forum(link is external)(link is external)
- International Association of Privacy Professionals(link is external)
Other
- White House Big Data and Privacy Working Group Review(link is external)(link is external)
- Benefit-Risk Analysis for Big Data Projects(link is external) (PDF file)(link is external) (incl. Spectrum of Privacy Challenges & Risk Mitigation Strategies)
- Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights(link is external) (PDF file)(link is external)
- NIST 8062 - An Introduction to Privacy Engineering and Risk Management in Federal Systems
- Privacy on the Go: Building Privacy Into Your Mobile App(link is external) (PDF file)(link is external) - Joanne McNabb, Director of Privacy Education and Policy, California Attorney General's Office
- Escalation of Privacy Matters for UC Berkeley Departments Negotiating Contracts with Suppliers:
In the event that a supplier does not agree to privacy safeguards and protections for UC Berkeley data, which have been designated as mandatory by the UC Berkeley Privacy Office, the agreement will be escalated to the leadership of the Campus Department/Unit pursuing the agreement (Vice Chancellor level or higher) who will make a determination.