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The right to privacy is not absolute and is often established by context and the need to know. The nature of the university environment sometimes distorts the sanctity of privacy because the 驴need to know驴 is so profuse. Although students are guaranteed the right to keep essential but confidential information private, student data are vulnerable because of the need for academic departments to share and manage these data. Because of the vast amount of data, sharing that occurs in an academic setting, it is imperative that we ensure the employees adhere to privacy policies that are structured to impose conscientious behaviors. University privacy policies are in practice, but there is no method of determining their effectiveness. This research seeks to ascertain the attitudes of employees regarding student privacy. Using a 15-item instrument, this study explores employees' privacy perceptions of a large university located in the Southeastern U.S.