Federal and State Regulations

The Federal and State regulations which UNC Asheville must adhere to in print and electronic forms are outlined here.

• HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
• GLBA - The Gramm-Leach Bliley Act
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• NC Identify Theft Act
• FTC Red Flag Rules

Summarizing the protected information in the above legislation, the following information may not be published on any public web pages:

• Social Security Number
• Credit Card Numbers
• Finance Account Numbers of Banks Account Numbers
• Driver's License Numbers
• Health Insurance Policy ID Numbers
• University employee and ID Numbers
• Student Records protected by FERPA
• Health Information protected by HIPAA
• Passport and Visa Numbers
• Faculty/Staff employment applications, personnel files, benefits information birth date and personal contact information
• Admissions applications
• Donor contact information and non-public gift amounts
• Privileged attorney-client communications
• Non-public UNC Asheville policies and policy/procedure manuals
• UNC Asheville internal memos and email, and non-public reports, budgets, plans, and financial information
• Non-public contracts
• Research and other information covered by non-disclosure agreements