Incident Reporting
- Contact the Privacy Office: (510) 664-5319
- Report a security incident (link is external)(Information Security and Policy)
- Whistleblower Hotline(link is external)
Forms
Access to Electronic Communications (also see Accessing Former Employee Email or Files):
- Access without Consent Request (Word)
- Access with Consent Authorization (Word)
- Access with Consent Authorization (PDF)
Policies / Procedures
- Student Records(link is external)
- UC Statement of Principles in Support of Undocumented Members of the UC Community(link is external)
- UC Electronic Communications Policy(link is external)
- Approval to Access Electronic Communications(link is external)
- FAQ: Can I access a former employee's email or files?(link is external)
- UC Statement of Privacy Values and UC Privacy Principles(link is external)
- UC Privacy and Information Security Initiative and Report
- Website Privacy Notices Requirement(link is external)
- General Privacy Statement for UC Berkeley Websites(link is external)
- UC System Privacy Website(link is external)
- The ABC's of Privacy & Public Records(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. Go to: blu.berkeley.edu(link is external) and click the "UC Learning Center" link. Then search by the title or ID of the tutorial.
- Privacy of Student Records: Are You Revealing Too Much? (FERPA) (BERIG003)
- Data Classification (BECIO2013)
- Privacy & Policy Fundamentals (BECIO008)
- Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) (BECIO009)
- UC Information Security Awareness (BECIO200)
OTHER:
- Training for Investigators Using Protected Health Information (PHI)(link is external)
- UC training for HIPAA Security Rule(link is external)
- Teaching Privacy(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: blu.berkeley.edu and click the "UC Learning Center" link. Then search by the title or tutorial ID BERIG003.)
- FERPA 101: for Colleges and Universities(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). 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): 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)
- Al Jazeera: Living With Data(link is external) Series. "The issue formerly known as privacy: Control over data profiles is about power, not privacy."
- Radiolab: Watching You, Watching Me(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."
- The Feeling of Being Watched(link is external) about FBI surveillance of a Muslim community and panel discussion about the documentary at Second Annual CATO Surveillance Conference(link is external).
Privacy Organizations
- Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: Issues in Privacy(link is external)
- EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center(link is external)
- Future of Privacy Forum(link is external)
- International Association of Privacy Professionals
Other
- White House Big Data and Privacy Working Group Review(link is external)
- Benefit-Risk Analysis for Big Data Projects(link is external) (incl. Spectrum of Privacy Challenges & Risk Mitigation Strategies)
- Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights(link is external)
- NIST 8062 - An Introduction to Privacy Engineering and Risk Management in Federal Systems
- Privacy on the Go: Recommendations for the Mobile Ecosystem(link is external) - Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, California Department of Justice
- Privacy on the Go: Building Privacy Into Your Mobile App(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.
DEVICE PRIVACY: Think Twice About Your Device
