We believe the current availability of information on the MyState app is a detriment to student privacy. Currently, in the directory section of the app, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of every student are publicly available by default. Not all students are aware that this information is publicly available, nor are they aware that they can request to have it made private.

We propose that having one’s information publicly available should be an opt-in service rather than an opt-out one. We believe it is acceptable and beneficial to have email addresses publicly available, but personal phone numbers and addresses are an excessive breach of privacy.

-Many concerned ISU students