University of Guam Security Camera Policy: access, placement, retention and release of security camera data

The University of Guam's Board of Regents approved the University's Security Camera Policy by Resolution No. 21-25, adopted on September 16, 2021. The policy governs the University's use of fixed and mobile security cameras for monitoring and recording activity, and it does not apply to cameras used for academic, research, journalistic or event purposes. Only the authorized personnel the policy names may access security camera data and retrieve and use information from the cameras.

Video monitoring is conducted only in areas where the public has no reasonable expectation of privacy, no security camera may be installed in a restroom, locker room, shower room or private office, and the Safety Administrator must post conspicuous signs where cameras are located. Security camera data is kept for at least 30 days on storage devices able to retain it for that period.

The President or a designee decides on requests to release security camera data to third parties under Guam and federal law, apart from use by the Safety and Security Office, access by law enforcement agencies and release to the media to help identify victims, perpetrators or witnesses.

The University's charter gives the Board of Regents general supervision over the University and the authority to establish overall policy guiding it, vests the implementation of the Board's expressed policy in the University's administrative officers and faculty, and exempts the Board's personnel and administrative rules and regulations from the Administrative Adjudication Act.