Financial Aid & Scholarship Department
Division of Student Affairs
Federal School Code: 001153

Confidentiality Policy

Confidentiality of Financial Aid and Scholarship Data

All confidential information in a student's Financial Aid and Scholarship record is protected under the various provisions of law as listed in the California State University, Northridge University catalog. For additional information link to Adobe Acrobat PDF document. http://www.collegesource.org/cat209/101455.pdf.

Should one wish to consent to disclose University records to a third party, an "Authorization For Release of Information Form" is required. Please note, this form is only in effect with the office to whom it was submitted. All students must provide this release for their parent(s), stepparent (s),and married students for their spouse. Parent(s),and stepparent(s) with Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) loans must provide this release to discuss parental loans or income information they provided with their CSUN student.

Authorization may be made for only one person at a time. (Fill out multiple forms should you consent to release your information to more than one person. You cannot, for example, complete a form for the "Jones family").

Forms should be submitted in person at the Financial Aid & Scholarship Office, Student Service Building, first floor. You will be asked to provide identification. If you choose to submit form by mail, additional steps are required. Forms submitted by mail must be originals and notarized. Forms may NOT be faxed.

Authorization termination may be revoked at any time and will expire at the end of a CSUN academic year. Terminations before the end of an academic year must be in writing and submitted under the same security rules as listed above.

For more information, click on Student Identity Theft, Misuse