Indiana University must collect information in order to perform its mission activities. Although not all collection is harmful, information collection can constitute a harmful activity.
Examples of harmful information collecting include:
Information collection
Surveillance
Watching, listening to, or recording an individual’s activities.
Interrogation
Inappropriately probing for information.
Visual
Viewing private activities without the individual’s knowledge.
Communications
Such as wiretapping phone or email.
Too Much Information (TMI)
Asking for “private" information unnecessarily.
Things to consider
- Are you doing something with your process, service, or project that could be seen as too much information collection?
- Are you collecting information you don’t really need?
- Be aware that whether you look at or use the information is not the critical question; the fact that you are collecting it is in itself a concern.
- What might you do to address these concerns? For more ideas, visit the Privacy Principles.