privacy
UVA ITS terms say University Data classified as Highly Sensitive may not be included in GenAI Tools chat prompts.
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University of Virginia
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University of Virginia currently has 7 source-backed claim records and 4 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: May 16, 2026.
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11 # University of Virginia AI policy record
2+privacy: UVA ITS terms say University Data classified as Highly Sensitive may not be included in GenAI Tools chat prompts.
3+Evidence (en, 0dd7d8bbd83d): When using GenAI Tools, University Data classified under University Data Protection Standards (UDPS 3.0) as “Public,” “Internal Use, or Sensitive” may be used in GenAI Tools chat prompts, University Data classified as “Highly Sensitive” may not.
4+teaching: UVA Provost guidance says that if an assignment involves students uploading original work into a GenAI tool, instructors must provide alternative ways to complete the assignment.
5+Evidence (en, 6115d12187df): Students may have privacy or intellectual property concerns about uploading their original work to a Gen-AI tool, since this will add the work to the tool’s data set. UVA Copilot Chat, which is UVA’s licensed version of Microsoft’s Copilot, includes contractual data protection of university information. With this tool, all prompt data remains in a UVA-specific tenant and is not shared with others or used for training of AI models. If you design an assignment that involves students uploading their original work into a Gen-AI tool, you must provide alternative ways to complete the assignment.
6+privacy: UVA ITS says appropriately licensed UVA GenAI tools keep prompt data in a UVA-specific tenant and do not share it with others or use it for AI model training.
7+Evidence (en, 0dd7d8bbd83d): Use UVA-licensed AI tools whenever possible. UVA’s licensed Generative AI tools (Copilot Chat and M365 Copilot) include contractual data protection of university information. With appropriately licensed tools, all prompt data remains in a UVA-specific tenant and are not shared with others or used for training of AI models.
8+ai_tool_treatment: UVA ITS says Copilot Chat is available to faculty, staff, and students with UVA Academic Microsoft 365 accounts, is included with Microsoft 365, and requires no additional license.
9+Evidence (en, 5eace3aa2bc6): Copilot Chat is an AI chat platform that generates content in response to your prompts. It is accessed in your internet browser. Once you log in using your UVA credentials, the environment is protected and information you enter remains internal to UVA. Who has access: Faculty, staff, students with UVA Academic M365 accounts. Is a license required: Included with M365; No additional license required.
10+academic_integrity: UVA guidance says students who use AI in completing an assignment should clearly indicate the tool used, how it was used, prompts used, and, when appropriate, fact-checking efforts.
11+Evidence (en, 6115d12187df): If you have used AI in completing an assignment, even in ways explicitly permitted by the instructor, you should clearly indicate the tool used, how you used it, the prompts you used, and when appropriate, your efforts to fact-check the results.
12+academic_integrity: UVA guidance says instructors should make explicit in syllabi and assignment descriptions which GenAI uses are permitted or prohibited, and that using GenAI in ways prohibited by the instructor may violate the Honor Code.
13+Evidence (en, 6115d12187df): It is important for instructors to make explicit in their syllabi and assignment descriptions which uses of Gen-AI are permitted in coursework, if any, and which are prohibited. Using Gen-AI for completing coursework in ways that are prohibited by the course instructor may be a violation of the Honor Code.
14+source_status: UVA Library's GenAI guide says explicit AI-use policies are currently left to individual faculty and departments, and course-specific policy questions should be checked in each course syllabus.
15+Evidence (en, 139cba84d0ff): Currently, explicit policies on the use of AI have been left up to individual faculty and departments. For more information about policies in a specific course, please consult the syllabus for each course directly.
Claim changes
7 claim records
teaching
UVA Provost guidance says that if an assignment involves students uploading original work into a GenAI tool, instructors must provide alternative ways to complete the assignment.
Review: Agent reviewed
privacy
UVA ITS says appropriately licensed UVA GenAI tools keep prompt data in a UVA-specific tenant and do not share it with others or use it for AI model training.
Review: Agent reviewed
ai_tool_treatment
UVA ITS says Copilot Chat is available to faculty, staff, and students with UVA Academic Microsoft 365 accounts, is included with Microsoft 365, and requires no additional license.
Review: Agent reviewed
academic_integrity
UVA guidance says students who use AI in completing an assignment should clearly indicate the tool used, how it was used, prompts used, and, when appropriate, fact-checking efforts.
Review: Agent reviewed
academic_integrity
UVA guidance says instructors should make explicit in syllabi and assignment descriptions which GenAI uses are permitted or prohibited, and that using GenAI in ways prohibited by the instructor may violate the Honor Code.
Review: Agent reviewed
source_status
UVA Library's GenAI guide says explicit AI-use policies are currently left to individual faculty and departments, and course-specific policy questions should be checked in each course syllabus.
Review: Agent reviewed
Source snapshots
4 source attributions
AI Tools Home - UVA ITS
official_guidance checked May 16, 2026
Guidance for Faculty & Students
official_guidance checked May 16, 2026
Home - Generative AI at UVA - LibGuides at UVa Library
official_guidance checked May 16, 2026
Using AI at UVA: Guidelines & Terms of Use - UVA ITS
official_guidance checked May 16, 2026