Confidentiality

CARE staff are not required to report policy violations to the Office of Equal Opportunity.

CARE has limited policy confidentiality which is granted to us by the University. Please see below for an explanation of what limited policy confidentiality entails.

Limits of CARE's Confidentiality

Your conversations with CARE are kept confidential with the following exceptions:

• You give us explicit permission to share information with a third party
• You let us know you are planning to hurt yourself or someone else, or that there is an imminent threat to the community
• You tell us about conduct that involves suspected abuse of a minor under the age of 18 or an elder over the age of 65
• If CARE is compelled by law or court order (This means our records may be produced in litigation, subpoenaed in civil or criminal litigation, and/or subject to search warrant)
• Additionally, CARE is required to share non identifying information for crime data purposes (see “Data Sharing Under the Clery Act” below for more information)

What records does CARE keep?

CARE is required by the University to maintain a database of all CARE appointments. 

Data Sharing Under the Clery Act

The Clery Act is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to publish campus crime data. CARE is required to share de-identified data weekly to the University to comply with the Clery Act.