Data Security Statement

This website is maintained by the Office of Information Technology of Northern Kentucky University and was developed to help the Faculty Senate carry out its annual evaluation of academic administrators. Confidentiality and anonymity of user data are assured.

The website conceals a respondent's identity and evaluation data from unwarranted disclosure in three ways. First, the website uses an encryption process similar to that employed by financial institutions (such as PayPal) to disguise the user's identity. Second, the quantitative ratings of respondents are reported to the administrator in aggregated form (e.g., as percentages, means, and standard deviations). Comments are reported anonymously, but respondents must recognize that the substance of a comment itself can be an identifier. Finally, the raw ratings and comments are rendered anonymous by removing the encrypted information from the database when the evaluation period closes.

During the evaluation process, Information Technology staff will use the respondent's encrypted identity to calculate response rates; to prevent respondents from evaluating the same administrator multiple times; and to permit respondents to save unfinished work and return to complete it at some later time.

Please refer questions or concerns about data security to either the Office of the Faculty Senate c/o Grace Hiles (hilesg1@nku.edu), or the Office of Information Technology c/o Kathy Bennett (bennettk2@nku.edu).