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Full Privacy

What It Is

If you elect full privacy status, MATC may not release any information about you to the general public, including directory information, unless a FERPA exception applies. This means the College will not:

  • Acknowledge to any third party, including potential employers, that you are or were in attendance at the College. College staff who receive external inquiries about you will respond, "Due to data privacy policies, we are unable to respond to your request."
  • Include information about you in campus directories or telephone directory assistance.
  • Provide your name or any other Directory information about you to off-campus requesters.

This also means that you will not be listed in college announcements regarding honors or awards nor in commencement materials, including but not limited to commencement ceremony programs, press releases or other graduation-related materials.

How to Set It Up

To elect full privacy:

  1. Download a FERPA full privacy/nondisclosure of directory information request form, enter your name and student ID number, then print and sign it.
  2. Take a clear photograph or scan of both your signed form and a valid photo ID. (Accepted file types: png, jpg, pdf)
  3. Access the secure document upload form.
  4. On the secure file link select the office "Registrar" and in the "Any Additional Notes Regarding the Document" field, briefly describe what you're requesting (e.g., "Requesting full privacy").
  5. Confirm that you uploaded both the form and the image of your photo ID.
  6. When finished, click "Finish" 
Please allow two business days for us to process your request.

How to Remove It

To remove full privacy from your record:

  1. Download a FERPA full privacy/nondisclosure of directory information request form, enter your name and student ID number, then print and sign it under "Please cancel the above request for full privacy."
  2. Take a clear photograph or scan of both your signed form and a valid photo ID. (Accepted file types: png, jpg, pdf)
  3. Access the secure document upload form.
  4. On the secure file link select the office"Registrar" and in the "Any Additional Notes Regarding the Document" field, enter "Canceling full privacy request."
  5. Confirm that you uploaded both the form and the image of your photo ID.
  6. When finished, click "Finish."
Please allow two business days for us to process your request.

Authorizing Third-Party Access

Students on full privacy can still authorize FERPA consent to release for a parent, guardian or other third party.