DEADLINE LOOMS: The NTU Student Association said it needs the student roster to hold its elections, but NTU said it cannot hand it over on privacy grounds

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 19, 2019
By: Wu Chia-ying, Wu Po-hsuan and Rachel Lin  /  Staff reporters

Student associations can use university rosters for the purposes of holding student elections, the National Development Council said on Tuesday, after the National Taiwan University (NTU) Student Association reported that the university had denied its request for the list.

The association said it had planned on hosting its election for National Taiwan University Student Congress at the end of the month, but citing personal data privacy concerns, NTU denied its request for the student roster it said it needs to host the election.

Universities should provide guidance to student associations and other organizations in their exercise of student self-government, an anonymous council official said, citing Article 33 of the University Act (大學法).

For academic, administrative and other purposes, universities collect data on students such as their names, identification numbers and departments, the official said.    [FULL  STORY]