This policy applies to all Brown Restricted Information, which includes but is not limited to: social security numbers, credit card numbers, medical records, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, addresses, and passport information. It should be noted that, under FERPA, Brown has designated student university addresses as directory information.
For the purposes of this policy, restricted information is covered in any tangible format, including but are not limited to, paper, photographs, film, audio and videotapes, microforms, drawings, databases, email, and any other electronic records.
All members of the Brown community, including staff, faculty, students, affiliates, volunteers, and third party vendors or contractors shall comply with this policy. Vendor contracts should include a clause referencing this policy.