Are there any restrictions on the use of GoogleApps@UIC accounts for persons involved in sensitive data or research, FERPA, or HIPAA?
• Members of the UIC community who participate in programs that involve sensitive data including that covered by HIPAA must use an ACCC mailserv or other UIC email account for those activities. A GoogleApps@UIC account cannot be used as the primary email account if sensitive data needs to be transmitted. • It is the strong recommendation of the University that all members of the community who work closely with proprietary research data exercise vigilance when transmitting primary or analyzed data via email. • Student data that is protected by FERPA is permitted in the GoogleApps@UIC services, however, provided that it is shared only with the student involved and is never made publicly accessible. • IMPORTANT: Members of the UIC community who handle sensitive data and who create a GoogleApps@UIC account should use Change the Email routing of your netid to make sure that their netid@uic.edu email is being forwarded to their mailserv or UIC Exchange email account and not their GoogleApps@
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