Grade C+ — Standard consumer terms (score 67/100)
Yale collects personal information for academic and administrative purposes, with specific provisions for biometric data and AI, but lacks a defined data deletion timeline.
Standard academic privacy policy. No data sale, but indefinite retention.
Employees whose role requires access to restricted facilities may be asked to provide biometric information such as iris scans.
The university collects biometric data for security purposes in restricted areas.
We retain your information for as long as needed to fulfill our business and archival purposes, and some information may be retained indefinitely.
The university does not commit to a specific deletion schedule and may keep data forever.
This Privacy Statement may be changed from time to time, and updates will be posted to this website.
The university reserves the right to change terms without direct notification to users.
Requests to view, amend or delete personal information may be made by sending an email to [email protected].
You have a clear channel to request the deletion of your personal information.
Last reviewed 2026-07-31 under rubric v3.5.