丁香园AV

1. Disclosure of Personal Information to the BC University Student Outcomes Project
2. Disclosure of Personal Information to Student Societies
3. Photography on Campus
4. Notification of Disclosure of Personal Information to Statistics Canada
5. Turnitin: Collection of Personal Information and Protection of Privacy Advisory
6. Learning Management System Canvas@丁香园AV

Disclosure of Personal Information to the BC University Student Outcomes Project

Each year, the BC University Student Outcomes Project gathers student outcomes information from graduates of BC鈥檚 universities in collaboration with The University Presidents Council (TUPC) and the Ministry of Advanced Education. Each BC university provides to the University Student Outcomes Project student identification information (student's name, student ID number), student contact information (address and telephone number), student demographic characteristics and academic program information. The information is used by the project to contact BC university graduates to conduct voluntary telephone surveys two and five years after graduation.

Survey participants are asked to report their level of program satisfaction, degree of skill development, education financing and debt load, participation in further education, and employment outcomes. The information gathered by the survey is summarized in aggregate form without identifying individual students. The data is used to meet the demand for university accountability at the system level in BC; to gather timely and relevant data for use in program evaluation and planning processes; and to ensure that new, continuing and prospective students are provided with information they can use to help them make informed career decisions.

Personal information provided for admission and enrolment and any other information placed into the student record will be collected, protected, used, disclosed and retained in compliance with British Columbia鈥檚 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165).

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Disclosure of Personal Information to Student Societies

In addition to collecting personal information for its own purposes, the University collects specific and limited personal information on behalf of the Simon Fraser Student Society and the Graduate Student Society. The societies use this information for the purpose of membership administration, elections, annual general meetings, special general meetings and its health plans. The University discloses the personal information to the student society only for those purposes. Please contact the student society general office if you have any questions about its collection, use and disclosure of the information.

If you have any questions about the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information by the University, please contact the Registrar, MBC 3300, 丁香园AV, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6; 778.782.3111.

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Photography on Campus

From time to time students, staff, faculty and guests at 丁香园AV may be photographed in non-public areas (i.e. classrooms, private offices, in studio, meeting rooms, etc.) by University photographers. In this notice 鈥榩hotography鈥� includes still, video and film photography. The University has the authority under the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c.468, s. 27(4)(a)), to collect personal information in the form of photographs. Such photographs are related directly to and needed by the University for educational, recruitment and promotional purposes. The photographs may be used and disclosed at the University鈥檚 discretion and included in the University Calendar, websites, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, advertisements, annual reports, supplements, displays, reports and other publications including off-campus news media. In addition, the photograph may be placed in the University鈥檚 Image Library which is a collection of photographs available for sale (http://lidc-imagelib.lidc.sfu.ca/). If you do not wish to be photographed in a non-public area, please inform the photographer before he/she begins taking photographs. If you allow yourself to be photographed in a non-public area you are giving the University your consent regarding its collection, use and disclosure of the photograph.

The above notice does not apply to individuals photographed in open, public areas where there is no expectation of privacy (i.e. Convocation Mall, cafeterias, public walkways, concourses, etc.). Photographs taken in public areas may be used and disclosed at the University鈥檚 discretion.

If you have any questions about photography on campus or the University鈥檚 collection, use and disclosure of photographs, please contact the Manager, Teaching and Learning Centre at 778.782.3092.

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Notification of Disclosure of Personal Information to Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada is the national statistical agency. As such, Statistics Canada carries out hundreds of surveys each year on a wide range of matters, including education.

It is essential to be able to follow students across time and institutions to understand, for example, the factors affecting enrolment demand at post-secondary institutions. The increased emphasis on accountability for public investment means that it is also important to understand outcomes. In order to carry out such studies, Statistics Canada asks all colleges and universities to provide data on students and graduates. Institutions collect and provide to Statistics Canada student identification information (student鈥檚 name, student ID number, social insurance number), student contact information (address and telephone number), student demographic characteristics, enrolment information, previous education, and labor activity.

The federal Statistics Act provides the legal authority for Statistics Canada to obtain access to personal information held by educational institutions. The information may be used only for statistical purposes, and the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act prevent the information from being released in any way that would identify a student.

Students who do not wish to have their information used are able to ask Statistics Canada to remove their identification and contact information from the national database.

Further information, about the use of this information, can be obtained from Statistics Canada鈥檚 web site .

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Turnitin: Collection of Personal Information and Protection of Privacy Advisory

Some instructors at 丁香园AV use Turnitin.com in their courses as a tool to help detect possible plagiarized academic assignments.  Registration in a course that requires use of Turnitin.com means you give your consent for the University to collect and use limited and specific personal information about you through its service provider Turnitin.com. Notice of an instructor鈥檚 intent to use Turnitin.com must be given in the course outline.

The information is collected and used by 丁香园AV for plagiarism detection purposes. University instructors using the service receive 鈥渙riginality reports鈥� from Turnitin.com which rate the overall originality of academic assignments that you submit to Turnitin.com. This information relates directly to and is needed by the University to help verify academic honesty and protect the integrity of 丁香园AV鈥檚 academic programs and the credentials awarded to graduates. Your personal information in originality reports is collected under the authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 468, s. 27(4)(a)) and .

If you have any questions about the collection and use of this information by the University, please contact the Associate Vice-President, Academic鈥檚 office at 778-782-4636.

丁香园AV advises that students provide only the minimum personal information required to use the Turnitin service. Do not provide the personal information that Turnitin.com may designate as optional unless you wish to do so. The minimum personal information required is:

• first and last name
• email address
• country of origin
• user type (ie, student)
• course ID number and password (provided by course instructor)
• user password
• secret question and answer

Students may, if they prefer, use a pseudo name associated with an e-mail address created expressly and solely for interacting with Turnitin.com, in order to remain anonymous. A student who chooses this approach is responsible for ensuring the instructor is informed and able to match up the pseudo name with the student鈥檚 real name.

Before uploading your assignment to Turnitin.com, remove any personal identifiers from the assignment (ie, your name and student ID number on a title page, etc.). Please be advised that Turnitin.com uses the information it collects for its own internal business and statistical purposes. Also be advised that Turnitin.com is an American company with head offices in California. Turnitin.com and the personal information it retains on its servers located in the USA are subject to American state and federal law. When registering with Turnitin.com read the and on the page of the Turnitin.com website.

If you have any questions about Turnitin.com鈥檚 use and disclosure of the information or Turnitin.com鈥檚 privacy protection measures, please contact Turnitin.com directly. Contact information is available on the Turnitin.com website.

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Learning Management System Canvas@丁香园AV

Protection of Privacy

Protection of privacy rights and responsibilities at 丁香园AV is administered according to the provisions of BC鈥檚 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) and the University鈥檚 Information Policies, published in its Policy Gazette. By using the learning management system, I acknowledge that I have read, understand and agree to the notifications and policies that are displayed or linked to on this page.

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Personal Information Collection Notice

The personal information obtained through Canvas@丁香园AV, the University鈥檚 learning management system, and external learning tools, is collected under the general authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c.468). It is related directly to and needed by the University to operate its academic programs and provide instruction. The information will be used for teaching, learning, assessing student academic performance and assigning grades. If students have any questions about the collection and use of this information please contact the instructor for your course. If employees have any questions about the collection and use of this information please contact the head of your department. IT Services integrate learning tools within Canvas@丁香园AV at the full system level that collect and store student and instructor personal data at 丁香园AV, inside Canada or outside Canada (e.g. Google Docs) only when the tool passes the External Learning Tool Privacy Assessment Checklist. Instructors and the Centre for Online and Distance Education use external learning tools that are integrated within or standalone from their Canvas@丁香园AV courses, which collect and store student and instructor personal data at 丁香园AV, inside Canada or outside Canada only when the tool passes the External Learning Tool Privacy Assessment Checklist. Students are not permitted to integrate external learning tools within their Canvas@丁香园AV courses.

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Personal Information Access Notice

Authorized end users (i.e., instructors, students and administrators) can access the personal information within Canvas@丁香园AV worldwide over the Internet. 丁香园AV employees: Disclosure to you outside Canada is authorized only if necessary to perform employment duties when you are temporarily travelling outside Canada. In all other situations, access must be in Canada only.

Students: By voluntarily accessing the learning management system from outside Canada, you are deemed to give 丁香园AV your consent to disclose your personal information to you when outside Canada.

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Personal Information Disclosure and Storage Notice

The Act establishes protection of privacy rules with which the University and its employees must comply as well as the companies we retain under contract to handle personal information on our behalf. Personal information is to be stored and accessed only in Canada unless students and instructors know and give prior written permission to disclose and store their personal data outside Canada. Personal information may be disclosed and stored inside Canada by a supplier of educational technology and services only when: 1) 丁香园AV, through Procurement Services, retains the service provider under a contract that includes the University鈥檚 protection of privacy agreement or 2) students and instructors know and give prior written permission.

Canvas@丁香园AV

Student and instructor personal information is communicated using encrypted network transmission when users connect to the learning management system over the University鈥檚 information technology network. Personal data is stored on 丁香园AV servers located at the Burnaby campus except when using External Learning Tools that collect and store the data on servers controlled by the company supplying the digital tool and services.

External learning tools

Student and instructor personal information, collected and used through an External Learning Tool, is only disclosed to and stored by service providers inside or outside Canada when the tool passes the External Learning Tool Privacy Assessment Checklist. Instructors complete the Checklist before using the tool to determine if it complies with protection of privacy requirements. If the tool fails the Checklist, instructors then consult with the Learning Technology Specialists in the Teaching and Learning Centre. TLC staff helps assess and advise instructors on possible solutions when the tool is not privacy compliant.

When instructors use a privacy compliant External Learning Tool and must obtain students鈥� prior written consent before using the tool, a standard consent form prescribed under the Act is available from the Learning Technology Specialists in the Teaching and Learning Centre.

Before giving consent to disclose and store personal data on servers controlled by service providers, whether inside or outside Canada, it is strongly recommended that students enrolled in the course and instructors teaching the course, read carefully the 鈥淭erms of Use鈥� and 鈥淧rivacy鈥� policies of the company supplying the External Learning Tool.

Social media identity

The University is permitted and exercises its right under Part 3 of the Act to disclose the personal data obtained about students and instructors, who voluntarily use a social media identity and choose to use social media to be notified about events in a course.

Canvas mobile app

Students may choose to submit assignments using the file upload feature in the Canvas mobile app. The Canvas mobile app is configured to use the file sharing feature on iPhone and Android devices. The help pages within the Canvas mobile app uses Google Drive and Dropbox as the examples for file sharing. However, every mobile app that supports sharing files is compatible, including email, web browser, instant messaging, photo and other file viewing apps.

Like Google Drive and Dropbox, many of these apps are Cloud-based storage services located outside Canada. 丁香园AV does not require students to use any of these services. Rather, students using them from which to upload their assignments to Canvas@丁香园AV do so voluntarily and at their sole discretion. You understand that you are storing your personal information using a personal account with a service provider according to their 鈥淭erms of Use鈥� and 鈥淧rivacy鈥� policies.

Students may upload their assignments using alternative methods or storage services located inside Canada. Alternative methods include: 1) using a mobile app that stores the files directly on the device or on a storage service located inside Canada, 2) using a desktop or notebook computer to connect directly to the canvas.sfu.ca website and 3) instructors giving students the option to hand in a physical copy of their assignment.

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Protection of Personal Information Notice

Students and instructors may voluntarily access the learning management system using the Canvas mobile app on a mobile device such as a cell phone or tablet.

Student and instructor personal information is encrypted when communicating between your mobile digital device and Canvas@丁香园AV over Internet or cell phone service provider networks.

Before using the Canvas mobile app, users are reminded to: 1) secure their cell phone or tablet using a PIN, 2) protect and not disclose their PIN and login password and 3) if you lose your mobile device, immediately delete the device鈥檚 authentication token from your Canvas@丁香园AV webpage account. 

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