Will a request for a students or an employees own personal information always be a formal request under the Act?
Although a student or employee may submit a written request for his or her own personal information under the Act, the Institution may obtain the agreement of the applicant to treat the request as an informal one (outside the Act). However, requests for personal information cannot be categorized as routine release except in limited circumstances. This is because the records must be examined to ensure that they are relevant to the request and that personal information of other parties is severed if it would be an unreasonable invasion of their privacy.
