Record Keeping

Confidentiality and Access to Records

During the process of managing a potential COI, I provided information (including financial records) about a business I operate on my own time outside the University.  Is the University responsible for protecting my privacy? 

The academic administrators in your school, college, institute, or unit will make every reasonable effort to preserve confidentiality and protect your privacy and the privacy of all parties in the course of investigating and managing a potential COI or COC.  (See Regents’ Bylaw 14.07 Privacy and Access to Information (http://www.regents.umich.edu/bylaws/bylaws14.html#7) and Standard Practice Guide 201.46 Personnel Records – Collection, Retention, and Release.)