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The Augustana College Written Information Security Policy (“WISP”) is intended as a set of comprehensive guidelines and policies designed to safeguard confidential and restricted data maintained at the College, and to comply with applicable laws and regulations on the protection of Personal Information and Nonpublic Financial Information, as those terms are defined below, found in records and in systems owned by the College. 

It is the objective of the college to maintain secure systems and data. In order to comply with federal, state, and local law and contractual obligations, the Incident Response Team is responsible for a coordinated response to a breach or potential compromise of systems or data. This incident response plan provides guidance for identification, containment, notification, verification, communication, investigation, and remediation of such incidents.

Augustana College recognizes the importance of protecting information of all our constituents in compliance with legal requirements, such as Family Educational Rights and Privacy (FERPA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).  Augustana College is committed to safeguarding information responsibly in our gathering, storing and processing of data.  Below is a table that contains some common data being gathered, stored and processed throughout the many offices and departments on campus.