COMPLIANCE CHATTER

Privacy Edition

Ensure that you are safeguarding your department's sensitive information by checking the privacy settings on your team's SharePoint site. Checking that your SharePoint site is not publicly accessible protects confidential data and helps us stay compliant with important state and federal privacy regulations.

Please see the University Data Classification Policy for more information on Confidential, Protected, and Public Data.

To check and manage privacy settings in SharePoint, you need administrative access or at least permission to manage settings within the SharePoint site.

1. Navigate to s.uconn.edu/sharepoint and click on your site.

2. Select Settings (gear icon) and then Site Permissions.

3. Site permission levels are based on SharePoint permission groups. Members of a SharePoint permission group can either visit the site without editing it (Site visitors), edit the site (Site members), or have full control of the site (Site owners).

For more, visit Microsoft Support and the UConn IT Knowledgebase.

Regularly Review Permissions: Ensure only authorized personnel have access to sensitive information.

User Education: Promote data security awareness and best practices among your team.

Check with Your SharePoint Site Owner if You Have Questions: Remember that SharePoint sites are self-managed by departments/units.