Law / United States / 
Washington
Whatcom Community College, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
- Obligation class
- Consent, Prohibition, Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- This binds Whatcom Community College (WAC 132U-280-030).
- If you are Whatcom Community College, do not permit access to or release of education records or personally identifiable information to any party other than the student without the student's written consent, except under the conditions WAC 132U-280-030(2) lists.
- Keep with the education record released a record of the parties that requested or obtained access in the listed cases and their legitimate interest (WAC 132U-280-030(3)).
- Obtain consent in a writing signed and dated by the student that specifies the records to be released, the reasons and the names of the parties (WAC 132U-280-030(4)).
- Withhold directory information when a student directs it through written notification to the college registrar at any time during enrollment (WAC 132U-280-030(6)).
- Notify students currently in attendance of their rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act every year (WAC 132U-280-010).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What record it asks for
What the log must hold
Access record
Logging duty
The college must keep with the education record released a record of the parties that requested or obtained access in the listed cases and their legitimate interest. The rule sets no retention period and names no audit.
- Kind
- Explicit
- As of
- Provision
- WAC 132U-280-030(3)
- Trigger
- personal_data_processing
What this law does
WAC 132U-280-030(1) bars the college from permitting access to or release of education records or personally identifiable information, without the written consent of the student, to any party other than the student. Where records are made available without student release in the listed cases, the college must maintain a record kept with the education record released that indicates the parties that have requested or obtained access and their legitimate interest.
Consent for the release of education records must be in writing, signed and dated by the student, and must include a specification of the records to be released, the reasons for the release and the names of the parties to whom the records will be released. Students may direct the college to withhold directory information through written notification to the college registrar at any time throughout the student's enrollment at the college.
The college must annually notify students currently in attendance of their rights under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The release rule in its present wording took effect on .
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