Dear Canyon Pergande,

Thank you for registering with Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey Open Public Records Center, an online, public portal. Below you
will find your portal login and password information .

Login:  [OPRA #67093 email]
 
If you have never used this system or cannot remember your password, you
may request a [1]Temporary Password
 

If you are a first time user and did not submit your request through the
public portal but are receiving this e-mail, an account has been created
for you with the login and password listed above. At this account you can
access, track and receive any documents in response to your request.

Please log in to the [2]Rutgers University Open Public Records Center and
then "My Request Center" to update any contact or password information on
your account and to view your request.

The University Custodian of Records will contact you if there are
questions regarding your request or provide you a response. If you have
questions, you may contact the OPRA Administrator at 973.972.8000.
 
Thank you again for registering with the Rutgers University Open Public
Records Center.
 
 
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Dear Pergande:

Thank you for submitting your request for government records of Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey. Your request has been received and is
being processed in accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Records Act
(OPRA), NJSA 47:1 et seq. Your request was received through the online,
public portal [1]Rutgers University Open Public Records Center of this
office on 9/25/2024 and given the reference number R009231-092524.  

Your request will be forwarded to the Office of the Custodian of
Records for review and processing, including determining the volume of
responsive documents and any potential costs associated with satisfying
your request. Please note, the N.J. Open Public Records Act does not
require the University to create new documents, to conduct research, or to
answer questions for information.

Records Requested: Records requested: I am requesting the list of names
(first and last) and emails of Rutgers University students that will be
active for the fall 2024 semester from the student directory. My preferred
delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as
attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not
the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and
provide their email address to me for future reference. Yours faithfully,
Canyon Pergande

The Office of the Custodian of Records uses the [2]Rutgers University Open
Public Records Center to communicate with you, respond to and track all
open public records requests.  If you have submitted your request
electronically through Rutgers Open Public Records Center portal, you have
already been required to create an account.

Notice to First Time Portal Users:

If you are a first time user and did not submit your request through the
public portal, you are receiving this request because the Rutgers Office
of the Custodian has created an account for you at the [3]Rutgers
University Open Public Records Center . 

To access your account and view your request:

1.Go to: [4]Rutgers University Open Public Records Center.

2. Select/open  "My Records Center"
3. Enter your email and password as provided in your previously received
Welcome Letter.

You can monitor your request through the [5]Rutgers University Open Public
Records Center at "My Request Center."

Thank you and if you have questions, you  may contact the OPRA
Administrator at (973) 972-1981.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

University Custodian of Records

Office of Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance

65 Bergen Street, Ste. 1346 

Newark, New Jersey 07101-1709

Phone: (973) 972-1981

Fax: (973) 972-2396

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Reference: Rutgers Open Public Records Request,  # R009231-092524

Dear Pergande,

Please accept this letter as the University Custodian of Records response
to your request for records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act
(“OPRA”). On September 25, 2024, this office received your request for the
following:

“Records requested:

I am requesting the list of names (first and last) and emails of Rutgers
University students that will be active for the fall 2024 semester from
the student directory.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are
not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and
provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Canyon Pergande”

The University has reviewed your request and determined that the records
requested above are denied due to the following Exemptions:  

Please be advised that the University maintains a web site that provides
directory information for students. This website can be accessed at
http://search.rutgers.edu/people.html. While you are free to look up
individual students on the University’s website to obtain directory
information, providing you with the directory itself would risk that the
directory or portions of the directory would be used to solicit or
otherwise impinge on the privacy of our students. OPRA specifically places
on the University “a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from
public access a citizen’s personal information with which it has been
entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen’s reasonable
expectation of privacy.” Serrano v. South Brunswick Twp., 358 N.J. Super.
352, 368 (App. Div. 2003). Accordingly, because public disclosure of the
University’s directory would violate our students’ reasonable expectation
of privacy, your request for the directory is denied.

Finally, these are requests for information and not records. OPRA provides
access to existing records that are not otherwise exempt. The Government
Records Council has consistently held that a proper OPRA request is a
request for a specific identifiable document and not a request for
information or answers to questions. See Gorbe v. Monroe Fire District #3,
GRC Complaint 2010-137 (December 21, 2010); James v. New Jersey Dept. of
Corrections, GRC Complaint 2009-283 (June 29, 2010). Accordingly, your
request is denied.

If your request has been denied, you may take your appeal to the New
Jersey Government Records Council (NJGRC), which has mediation and dispute
resolution procedures, or you may file a lawsuit with the New Jersey
Superior Court, as provided by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq. Your rights of
appeal is provided with this letter at [1]Public Facing Pages of the
Rutgers University Open Public Records Request Center. You may also review
the brochure at the [2]Rutgers Custodian of Records page or visit the
[3]NJGRC page.

If you have any questions, please contact my office at 973.972.1981.

Sincerely,

Casey Woods

Director of Ethics and Public Records

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

848.239.0042

To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the [4]Open
Public Records Center.

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