{"id":1518,"date":"2022-04-13T13:34:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/?page_id=1518"},"modified":"2025-02-17T09:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:43:33","slug":"confidentiality-of-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/confidentiality-of-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidentiality of Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Registrar\u2019s Office maintains all student records relevant to their educational process as well as any personally identifiable information.&nbsp; This information cannot be disclosed to individuals for any reason without the student\u2019s written consent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there are exceptions to the policy; officials of other institutions in which students seek to enroll; persons or organizations providing students with financial aid; accrediting agencies carrying out their accreditation function; persons complying with a judicial order; and those who, in an emergency, must protect the health or safety of students or others.&nbsp; All these exceptions are permitted under the&nbsp;<strong>FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA).&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;This Policy is written and published in accordance with the&nbsp;<strong>FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA) OF 1974<\/strong>. &nbsp; UMES accords all rights under the act to its students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more FERPA information click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studentprivacy.ed.gov\/topic\/family-educational-rights-privacy-act-ferpa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Students rights click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentprivacy.ed.gov\/topic\/family-educational-rights-privacy-act-ferpa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Parents rights click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studentprivacy.ed.gov\/resources\/eligible-student-guide-family-educational-rights-and-privacy-act-ferpa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/08\/Student-FERPA-Release.png\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/08\/Student-FERPA-Release.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FERPA Release Form<\/a> Instructions for Students<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Registrar\u2019s Office maintains all student records relevant to their educational process as well as any personally identifiable information.&nbsp; This information cannot be disclosed to individuals for any reason without the student\u2019s written consent.&nbsp; However, there are exceptions to the policy; officials of other institutions in which students seek to enroll; persons or organizations providing&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/confidentiality-of-records\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Confidentiality of Records<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1518","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}