UCs Should Not Release Personal Student and Employee Information

In response to news that the University of California administration plans to provide the US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights with personally identifiable information of numerous UC faculty, students, and staff, the AAUP and the Council of UC Faculty Associations urge it not to do so.

The information reportedly will include the names of all of those about whom a complaint of discrimination has been made by any individual, even if the university has investigated the complaint and found it to be unfounded. This broad release of personal information places members of the university community at great risk of government and private harassment, and it is not necessary to meet the university's obligations under federal law. We urge the university not to engage in such a broad release of information. And where the university has already done so, or intends to do so in the future, it must, and to immediately implement harm-reduction measures to protect faculty, staff, and students from unwarranted consequences.

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