Law / United States / 
Washington
Western Washington University, student records
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 Western Washington University (WAC 516-26-070).
- If you are Western Washington University, do not permit access to or release of a student's education records or personally identifiable information to any person without the student's written consent, except as WAC 516-26-080, 516-26-085 and 516-26-090 provide (WAC 516-26-070).
- Keep with each student's education records a record of the parties, other than the parties specified in WAC 516-26-080(1)(a), that have requested or obtained access and the legitimate interest of each, and limit that record to the student, the employees who maintain the records, and the parties the rule identifies (WAC 516-26-080(3)).
- Release directory information to the public only when the student has not requested in writing of the university registrar that it not be released (WAC 516-26-090).
- Do not remove or destroy an education record to which a student has requested access before giving the student that access (WAC 516-26-095).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What record it asks for
Who may demand the log
Data subject
What the log must hold
Access record
Logging duty
The university must keep with each student's education records a record of the parties other than university officials that requested or obtained access and their legitimate interest, available to the student. The rule sets no retention period and names no audit.
- Kind
- Explicit
- As of
- Provision
- WAC 516-26-080(3)
- Trigger
- personal_data_processing
What this law does
WAC 516-26-070 bars the university from permitting access to or release of a student's education records or personally identifiable information to any person without the written consent of the student, except as the rule provides. Misuse or inappropriate access to student education records may result in disciplinary action.
The university must keep with each student's education records a record of the parties, other than university officials, that have requested or obtained access and the legitimate interest each party has in obtaining the records or information. The record of access is available only to the student, to the employees of the university responsible for maintaining the records, and to the parties the rule identifies.
The university may release directory information to the public unless the student requests in writing of the university registrar that it not be released. The university is not prevented from destroying education records in accordance with established record retention schedules, but no education record to which a student has requested access may be removed or destroyed before the student is given the requested access. The release rule in its present wording took effect on .
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