Re: Parent Access to Deceased Students' eMail

["Sweeny, Jonny" <jsweeny () IU EDU>]

Mike,

Our privacy policy (http://informationpolicy.iu.edu/policies/IT07, see "Deceased or Incapacitated Individual") gives 
the Dean of Students the right to grant that access (which, AFAIK, he always does).

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-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Michael 
Carr
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:16
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Parent Access to Deceased Students' eMail

 
How does your institution handle parental requests for access to deceased students' eMail?
 
Some parents would like to send notices to their son/daughter's friends about any funeral arrangements.  Others would 
like access to content (especially in cases of suicide -- for closure.)
 
University Council position is that the deceased student's FERPA privacy rights end with death; however, questions 
remain regarding the privacy rights of those persons/students identified in the deceased student's address book or 
eMail contents.
 
Thank you,
 
Mike
 
 
 
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Michael G. Carr, JD, CISSP, CIPP
Director, Information Assurance
Office of the CIO
The University of New Mexico
MSC02 1520 
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM  87131-0001

desk: (505) 277-1212
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