Under FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) the university is required to protect the privacy of our students' personally identifiable information (PII). The act applies to all educational institutions that receive federal funds.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation in EU law, which protects the privacy of European Union’s (EU) residents' personal data.
The George Washington University is committed to adhering to the requirements of the GDPR.
HIPAA - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a Federal law that requires the protection and confidential handling of protected healthy information.
The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules protect the privacy and security of health information and provide individuals with certain rights to their health information.
