Penn has many policies and guidance materials to help faculty, staff and students working with personal information. If you have questions or concerns regarding compliance with policy, you may contact Penn Privacy at privacy@upenn.edu or Penn’s Confidential Help and Reporting line at www.upenn.edu/215pcomply or (215) 726-6759.
Policies
- Applicant Data Policy
- CCTV Monitoring and Recording of Public Areas for Safety and Security Purposes
- Confidentiality of Faculty & Staff Records – HR Policy 201
- Confidentiality of Student Records
- IT Security Policy
- IT Security Standards
- Privacy in the Electronic Environment
- Privacy of Alumni Data
- Red Flag Rule
- Social Security Numbers
Guidance
- Cloud Computing
- Data Access Standards
- Guidance on Disposition of Documents & Data of Faculty and Staff who have Left Penn
- Email Communications Standards: Guidance on Complying with Federal CAN SPAM Law
- Guidance on Video Conference Platforms and HIPAA
- Online Harassment
- Penn Medicine Guidance on Sharing Data and Biological Samples with Third Parties
- Photography and Videography at Penn
- Privacy Office Offboarding Checklist – Employee
- Privacy Office Offboarding Checklist – Supervisor
- Records Destruction
- Responding to Requests for Lists of Student Information
- Responding to Requests for Lists of Faculty or Staff Information
- Social Media Guidance
- Statement on Guidance for the University of Pennsylvania Community on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Using Box Safely
- Video Conferencing Tools and Sharing Sensitive Data
- Website Privacy Statements Download