Subject: Important News About Privacy from SRFS
From: "Student Registration and Financial Services" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:34:52 -0400

Dear Penn Students and Families,

Penn recognizes the importance of protecting students’ personal information. 
In response, we offer options that give students choices regarding when and 
with whom their personal information is shared.  All students and their families 
are encouraged to understand and discuss risks to personal privacy, consider 
ways and take steps to minimize those risks.  

If you haven’t done so already, please review and update the privacy options 
in the Privacy must do list, accessed in the right hand navigation bar in the 
Penn Portal. Several of these privacy options are also part of the SRFS Must-Do 
List and are easily implemented by the student from within Penn InTouch, our 
secure gateway for students to access their information. The options enable 
students to:

Grant permission to share academic/financial information

The University generally cannot, by Federal Educational Rights and Privacy 
Act (FERPA), discuss academic or financial records with a third party, including 
parents and legal guardians, without the student’s explicit permission. To 
authorize Penn to share your information with a parent, guardian, sponsor or 
another party, you must designate them explicitly. This can be done withinPenn 
InTouch, under Profile, privacy & emergency, and Share Academic/Financial Information. 

 

Setup Penn.Pay users to review and pay student account bills
Penn.Pay is Penn’s secure online billing system that provides your monthly 
statement and any new daily activity.  Other payers (including parents) can 
access Penn.Pay only after being invited by you, the student. To set up your 
account and invite other payers, go to Penn InTouch, select Student Billing 
Account, then Paying Your Bill/Penn.Pay. 

Additional privacy information
Additional student privacy information and choices are described on the PennPrivacy 
site under the Protecting Your Own Data tab.  To review Penn’s FERPA notice, 
click on Privacy Topics: A to Z to find the FERPA notice under F.  

Please Note
Revealing passwords or allowing other organizations or individuals to use your 
personal accounts to access Penn systems is a violation of the University's 
Acceptable Use Policy. Additionally, revealing passwords may compromise your 
privacy and increase your risk of identity theft.

Questions?  Please contact [email-masked] or Penn’s Privacy Office 
at [email-masked].   

Best regards,
Adam B. Sherr

University Registrar

Student Registration and Financial Services
University of Pennsylvania

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