Re: Privacy policy question

[Guy Almes <galmes () TAMU EDU>]

Jeff,
  Good to hear.
        -- Guy

On 6/1/12 3:47 PM, Jeffrey Schiller wrote:
> Actually MIT doesn't distinguish between Faculty, Staff and Students
> when it comes to legal process. The official Statement in our Policies
> and Procedures is here: http://web.mit.edu/policies/11/11.2.html#sub1
>
> We take this very serious in practice, I know, I've been in the loop on
> occasion.
>
>             -Jeff
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Guy Almes <galmes () tamu edu
> <mailto:galmes () tamu edu>> wrote:
>
>     David,
>       I'm a deep respecter of academic freedom and its relevance in
>     similar matters.
>       But there are several reasons why the safeguards below make sense
>     for students and staff also.  For example:
>     <> fundamental integrity of people's privacy: it should not be
>     presumed that all data on university IT stuff is public (the 4th
>     amendment comes in somewhere here);
>     <> staff deal with students, so various FERPA issues arise; and
>     <> while some aspects of academic freedom relate to the
>     customs/rules surrounding tenured and tenure-track faculty, many
>     aspects of academic freedom relate to students and staff also.
>       Thus, while academic freedom does not grant the "same rights and
>     privileges" to all, academic freedom does grant rights and
>     privileges to all members of the community.
>       Regards,
>             -- Guy
>
>
>     On 6/1/12 11:00 AM, David R. Millar wrote:
>
>         I accept that faculty need assurances of academic freedom.  It's
>         less
>         clear to me that staff need the same rights and privileges.
>
>         David Millar
>         Consultant
>         Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>         twitter.com/@SecurityTrot <http://twitter.com/@SecurityTrot>
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>         On 6/1/12 11:53 AM, "Shamblin, Quinn"<qrs () BU EDU
>         <mailto:qrs () BU EDU>>  wrote:
>
>             I have noticed ever since I started working in higher-ed
>             years ago, that
>             this sort of skewing is extremely common.
>
>             Quinn R Shamblin
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>             <mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>] On Behalf Of Valdis
>             Kletnieks
>             Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:18 AM
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>             <mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
>             Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Privacy policy question
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>             On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:50:21 -0400, "John K. Lerchey" said:
>
>                 "Whenever possible and legally permissible, notification
>                 must be given
>                 to the faculty member whose data are subject to
>                 subpoena, search
>                 warrant, or order of court prior to compliance
>                 therewith, and,
>                 whenever possible and legally permissible, sufficient
>                 time must be
>                 allowed, before intrusion, to allow the faculty member
>                 to file a motion
>                 to quash. "
>
>
>             Faculty members get time to file a motion to quash, but
>             staff and
>             students don't?
>             Are you able to share the reasoning there, or is it internal
>             sausage-making that we don't want to know about?
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