{"id":67,"date":"2021-01-21T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:07:26","slug":"policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/data-privacy\/policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policies at Boston University"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>BU Privacy Policies and Procedures\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/electronic-information-access\/\">Access to Electronic Information Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/acceptable-use-of-computing-services-policy\/\">Acceptable Use of Computing Services Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/applicants-to-boston-university-jobs-in-the-united-states-privacy-notice\/\">Applicants to Boston University Jobs in the United States \u2013 Privacy Notice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/digital-privacy-statement\/\">Digital Privacy Statement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/academics\/ferpa\/\">Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Policy<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/contact\/privacy-policy\/\">Alumni Privacy Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Research Policies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/files\/2024\/02\/BU-CRC-IRB-Policies-and-Procedures.pdf\">Charles River Campus Institutional Review Board (IRB) Policies and Procedures<\/a> &#8211; includes Privacy and Confidentiality in Research Policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>HIPAA Policies<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/hipaa-policies-for-bu-health-plans\/\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/hipaa-policies-for-bu-health-plans\/\">HIPAA Policies for BU Health Plans Manual \u2013 Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information for BU Health Plans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/hipaa-policies-for-health-care-providers\/\">HIPAA Policy Manual \u2013 Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information for BU Healthcare Provider Covered Components<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Associated Security and Data Management Policies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information Security Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/cyber-security\/sensitive-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sensitive Data Incident Response<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security-home\/network-security-monitoring\/\">Network Security Monitoring Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/minimum-security-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minimum Security Standards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/safeguarding-information-gramm-leach-bliley-act\/\">Safeguarding Information \u2013 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/background-check-policy\/\">Background Check Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-protection-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Protection Standards Overview<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-classification-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Classification Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-access-management-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Access Management Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/identity-and-access-management-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Identity and Access Management Standards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-lifecycle-management-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Lifecycle Management Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/minimum-security-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minimum Security Standards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/cybersecurity-training-compliance-and-remediation-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cybersecurity Training, Compliance, and Remediation Standards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/cyber-risk-assessment-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyber Risk Assessment Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/cyber-risk-management-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyber Risk Management Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-center-security-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Center Security Standards\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/vulnerability-management-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vulnerability Management Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/log-collection-analysis-and-retention-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Log Collection, Analysis, and Retention Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/\">Listing of related BU TechWeb Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BU Websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2>Additional BU Privacy Guidance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/directory\/privacy.html\">Privacy and the BU Directory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/compliance\/human-subjects\/hipaa\/\">HIPAA Information for Charles River Campus Researchers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>AI \u2013 Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aida\/ai-education\/ai-at-work\/generative-ai-guidelines-for-bu-faculty-staff\/\">Generative AI Guidelines for BU Faculty &amp; Staff<\/a><br \/>\n<span>Generative AI (GenAI) tools are now widely available, and students, faculty, and staff are using them for a range of academic and administrative activities. In response, AIDA leadership has outlined the following institutional guidance for faculty and staff to promote responsible and effective use of GenAI in teaching, research, and academic operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aida\/ai-education\/classroom\/generative-ai-guidelines-for-classroom-use\/\">Generative AI Guidelines for Classroom Use<\/a><br \/>\nWith students having easy access to generative AI (GenAI) tools, BU faculty must proactively guide appropriate and ethical use in coursework. Without such guidance, students may use these tools for help with studying and on homework assignments in ways that unintentionally violate academic integrity standards. It is therefore important for faculty to review what constitutes allowable versus misuse of GenAI in their course.<\/li>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/collaboration\/conversational-ai\/terriergpt\/\">TerrierGPT TechWeb Resource Information and Best Practices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU Privacy Policies and Procedures\u00a0 Access to Electronic Information Policy Acceptable Use of Computing Services Policy Applicants to Boston University Jobs in the United States \u2013 Privacy Notice Digital Privacy Statement Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Policy Alumni Privacy Policy Research Policies Charles River Campus Institutional Review Board (IRB) Policies and Procedures &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12908,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/741"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/privacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}