120.0 CONFIDENTIALITY

INTRODUCTION

The unauthorized dissemination of information can be both harmful to individuals as well as to AUS. This policy is intended to describe the expected behavior for dealing with confidential information as well as to clearly state the consequences for not meeting the outlined expectations

PURPOSE

Provide all employees guidelines with respect to the type of information that may be considered confidential and how such information should be treated.

SCOPE

This policy covers all AUS employees.

PROCEDURES

Employment Information

The details of an employee's terms of employment and compensation should be treated as confidential matters and not disclosed to other employees, students, their spouses or parents, except as necessary.

Customer Information

Employees may, by virtue of their employment with AUS, obtain access to sensitive, confidential, restricted and proprietary information about AUS, including but not limited to financial records, customer records and files, referral or mailing lists, credit card numbers, and similar documents. Such confidential information shall be used solely by employees in the performance of their job duties for AUS Employees shall not, without the prior written consent of AUS, use, disclose, divulge, or publish to others any such confidential information acquired in the course of their employment. Such confidential information is the exclusive property of AUS and under no circumstances whatsoever shall employees have any rights to use, disclose or publish to others such confidential information subsequent to the termination of their employment.

Unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information may result in discipline, up to and including immediate termination, prosecution, or other available action.

Upon termination of employment, employees must return any and all confidential information, including all copies of such documents prepared or produced in connection with their employment at AUS pertaining to AUS business or the employee's services for AUS, whether made or compiled by the employee or furnished to the employee in connection with such services to AUS.