Privacy
The Privacy Office promotes an organizational culture that provides exceptional leadership and oversight to Penn State faculty, staff, and students so they may conduct business operations and activities with privacy at the forefront. We commit to compliance with local and regulatory requirements and University policies, standards, and guidelines pertaining to data privacy.
Penn State's Privacy Principles
Privacy Principles will inform University and unit business decisions that may impact individuals’ privacy. These Principles are designated to help units identify and develop proportionate and effective measures to ensure that individuals’ privacy is respected.
The PrinciplesServices
GDPR
Requires a baseline set of standards for organizations that process personal information.
GLBA
Establishes consumer privacy rights and security measures for consumer information.
HIPAA
Keeps your protected health information (PHI) private.
PII
Notifies individuals of security breaches that affect personally identifiable information.
Privacy Impact Assessment
Analyzes how a unit collects, uses, shares, and maintains identifiable information on behalf of Penn State.
Privacy Policies
Privacy Council
Partnering together to ensure privacy is at the forefront of the University community.
Holly Swires, Chair
Chief Privacy Officer
HIPAA Privacy Officer
hzl104@psu.edu
Training
It is recommended if you work with personally identifiable information (PII), personal information, or sensitive information that you take the data privacy training. For more training on Penn State’s Privacy Program and data privacy go to the Learning Resource Network (LRN), log-in using your Penn State account, and search “Data Privacy at Penn State."
The HIPAA Privacy Rule Training is required annually for all workforce members of the designated HIPAA Covered Components. To access the training for employees, go to the Learning Resource Network (LRN), log-in using your Penn State account, and search “HIPAA Privacy Rule Training.
Please contact the Privacy Office for more information.