---
title: "Student Privacy Rights"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/education-law-en/student-privacy-rights-en"
field: "Education Law"
description: "Student confidentiality rights in Georgia: what is protected, the exceptions and the storage rule. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-13"
updated: "2026-10-15"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Student Privacy Rights

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/education-law-en/student-privacy-rights-en

The norm on a higher-education student's confidentiality in Georgia is written in a single article — the student-rights article of the Law on Higher Education — but within it sit three distinct rules: what is confidential, when it may be used, and how the information is stored. This page explains those three rules — and shows that the American FERPA frame does not operate here: the Georgian page is carried by the Georgian norm.

## What is confidential

The law's formulation is precise: confidential are the personal information expressed by the student in the presence of academic personnel; information about the student's own views, faith and political convictions which became known to the latter during the learning process; and information about disciplinary measures taken against the student. These three categories go beyond the classroom: personal information is what the student said before a lecturer, not what he or she announced publicly.

The full text is available on legal.ge after signing in: https://legal.ge/en/service/education-law-en/student-privacy-rights-en

### What is confidential?

Personal information, views, convictions and disciplinary measures.

### Exceptions?

Consent or the administration's lawful interest for another's safety.

### Storage?

Progress and discipline stored separately, under the Code.

### FERPA?

No — the Georgian page is carried by the Georgian norm.