“That’s obviously not what was supposed to happened and the university is very sorry. The attachment was supposed to be a list of academic progress help sessions. Generally, schools must have written permission from a student or a student’s parents to release such information.īall State spokeswoman Joan Todd says the email was simply human error. Department of Education confirmed the email violated the federal FERPA law that protects the privacy of student education records. Which is a violation of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The university says it was sent to 59 students who were also on probation. When I saw that I had everyone’s information in my inbox, I knew someone had made a big mistake.”Īdam wasn’t the only student who received the e-mail. It also included their first and last names, student ID number, email, phone number, GPA, cohort and class. What was supposed to be a notice that he was on academic probation for the spring semester included much more information.Īttached to the e-mail was a spreadsheet listing all other Ball State students on probation. We aren’t using his last name because of the email he received this week. Adam is a Ball State University sophomore.
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