I write to advise you that Cornell University received a court order from Tompkins County Supreme Court enforcing a subpoena obtained by Cornell Graduate Students United (CGSU)/New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)/American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Per Cornell's recent agreement with CGSU/NYSUT/AFT we are complying with the subpoena that seeks certain personally identifiable information about each Cornell graduate student enrolled in the Graduate School who holds a graduate assistantship. The subpoena specifically seeks production of the following information:
identification of you as a Cornell graduate student who held an assistantship title (described in Cornell University Policy 1.3) during Spring 2016 or Summer 2016;
your academic department;
your degree program;
the date of your first enrollment as a student at Cornell; and
your field of study.
In accord with federal law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. ยง 1232g), Cornell must notify you before it complies with the court order. Cornell will provide the above-mentioned information to the CGSU/NYSUT/AFT by August 11, 2016.
If you prefer that the Graduate School NOT provide this information to the CGSU/NYSUT/AFT, you must inform the Graduate School (
[email protected]) by August 9, 2016 that you do not want any or all such information provided to the CGSU/NYSUT/AFT in response to the subpoena.
