The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) was established in order to protect the privacy of students with respect to education records; to establish students' rights to inspect and review their education records; and to provide students with an opportunity to have inaccurate or misleading information in their education records corrected.
Information that can be given in response to an inquiry about a student follows:

• Student’s name, address, campus e-mail address, and local phone number
• College
• Major
• Class level (e.g., frosh, senior)
• Dates of attendance
• Number of credits enrolled in the current term
• Degrees and honors received
• Name, weight, and height of participants on intercollegiate athletic teams

All other information contained in a student record is considered confidential and may not be released without the written consent of the student, including: summer addresses; grades; GPA; number of credits completed; social security/student number; anticipated graduation; and/or date of birth.

Students may request that information that can be made available to the public not be released by filing a Request for Non-Release of Public Information at the Office of the Registrar. In the case that a Request for Non-Release of Public Information has been filed, no information may be released about an individual, including whether she or he is or has been enrolled at UC Santa Cruz.