These are the options available to you for hiding directory information about you:
Student Privacy Options
In the U-M Online Directory, you can hide all information about you except your uniqname by making your entry private. This option will not be available in the MCommunity Directory, which is currently under development.
In the MCommunity Directory (not yet available), your entry will display very little personal information about you. For example, your home address and phone number will not be published unless you choose to publish it. The only information that will be public is name, uniqname, e-mail address (in the form uniqname@umich.edu), title ("Student"), affiliation (your school or college), and campus (Ann Arbor, Flint, or Dearborn). You will be able to publish additional information in your entry if you wish.
Non-Disclosure of Information Request. Ann Arbor students may fill out a Non-Disclosure of Information Request at an Office of the Registrar Student Services Site to invoke FERPA protection and have all their directory information except their uniqname withheld from the directory. Students on the Flint or Dearborn campuses should contact the Registrar's Office for their campus. For more information, see U-M Student Rights and Records (Registrar's Office).
In the U-M Online Directory, you can hide all information about you except your uniqname by making your entry private. This option will not be available in the MCommunity Directory, which is currently under development.
In the MCommunity Directory (not yet available), your entry will display very little personal information about you. For example, your home address and phone number will not be published unless you choose to publish it. The only information that will be public is name, uniqname, e-mail address (in the form uniqname@umich.edu), title, affiliation (your department), business address, business phone number, and campus (Ann Arbor, Flint, or Dearborn). You will be able to publish additional information in your entry if you wish.
Do Not Publish. This option, available via Wolverine Access, allows you to request that your home address(es) not be published in the U-M printed faculty and staff directory and in the U-M Online Directory. It does not affect MCommunity, because home addresses will not be displayed in the MCommunity unless you choose to display them. (In Wolverine Access, look under Employee Business for the section with your addresses.)
Using a General Departmental Address. In the MCommunity Directory, you must have a work address and phone number listed. However, if you prefer that your actual location not be listed, you can ask your department's Human Resources office to submit a departmental office address and/or phone number for you instead.
Full Privacy. If, for reasons of personal safety, you need all contact information—including your U-M work contact information—hidden, you may submit a written request to the Director of Human Resources. You can work with your departmental Human Resources office to get the request submitted.
Alumni Privacy Options
In the U-M Online Directory, you can hide all information about you except your uniqname by making your entry private. This option will not be available in the MCommunity Directory, which is currently under development.
In the MCommunity Directory (not yet available), your entry will display very little personal information about you. The only information that will be public is name, uniqname, e-mail address (in the form uniqname@umich.edu), and affiliation. You will be able to publish additional information in your entry if you wish.
Keep Out of the Directory. Alumni can request that they not be included in the university directory (both the U-M Online Directory and the MCommunity Directory) by requesting this from the Office of University Development (OUD).
Sponsored Individuals Privacy Options
In the U-M Online Directory, you can hide all information about you except your uniqname by making your entry private. This option will not be available in the MCommunity Directory, which is currently under development.
In the MCommunity Directory (not yet available), your entry will display very little personal information about you. The only information that will be public is name, uniqname, e-mail address (in the form uniqname@umich.edu), title, affiliation ("Sponsored"), and campus (Ann Arbor, Flint, or Dearborn). You will be able to publish additional information in your entry if you wish.
Sponsored people who have no other affiliation with the university can contact their sponsoring department to request that information about them not appear in the MCommunity Directory. The sponsoring authority or sponsorship administrator for their department can then contact the ITS Accounts Office to make the request. The Accounts Office needs the approval of the sponsoring department to withhold the information from the directory.
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October 16, 2009
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