**🔒 FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)** is a federal law that protects the Student's privacy regarding school records.

Once you’re in college, **you, the Student,** control who can access your educational records, ensuring your personal details stay safe!

**If you’d like someone, like a parent or spouse, to be involved in your journey at NWACC, please set up permissions in Workday. This will allow us to communicate with your support system on your behalf.**

**At NWACC, your privacy is our priority, and we must have your explicit permission before sharing any details from your student file.**

**A Third-Party is someone with their own Workday account who can access specific parts of your Student account, like your grades and financial aid information.**

**With the right permissions, they can also communicate with NWACC on your behalf about topics you authorize.**

🌐 **Getting Started with MyNWACC**

1. Head over to <https://www.nwacc.edu/> and hit **Login** in the top right corner.
2. Click on **MyNWACC**
3. **When MyNWACC loads, click on the neon green Login in the top right corner**

**Tip:** Use Chrome or Firefox. Safari has had issues with some of the technology NWACC uses. If you run into any issues signing in, reach out to the NWACC IT Help Desk:

- 📞 Call: 479-986-4000, option 3
- 📧 Email: [TechSupport@nwacc.edu](mailto:TechSupport@nwacc.edu)

Once logged into **MyNWACC**, find **Applications** on the **Welcome** page and click **Workday** to access your student account.

Once you're in Workday, just **tap the profile icon in the top right corner!**

On the left-side blue menu, hit **"Contact."** Then, right under the search bar, tap the **Friends and Family** tab.

👀 Check out the **Third Party** column (🟣 purple box):

- If it says **No**, tap **Actions** → **Edit Friends & Family**.
- If it says **Yes**, tap **Actions** → **Manage Permissions for My Third Party**.

🚨 🚨 It’s *super* important to pick the right **Relationship Type**! Review Step 9 carefully

🚨 It’s super important to pick the right **Relationship Type**—let’s break them down! 👇

- **Emergency Contact**: 🚨 The person NWACC calls if there’s an emergency. *Everyone needs at least one listed!*
- **Legal Guardian**: The person **legally** responsible for you, such as a parent (if you're under 18), someone appointed by a court, or someone authorized to act on your behalf.
- **Parent**: Your biological, adoptive, or stepparent.
- **Next of Kin**: Your closest relative (like a sibling or spouse).
- **Proxy**: Someone you’ve authorized to access your records or act on your behalf for specific tasks.

*💡 Don’t worry about International Agent, Legacy, or Recommender—you won’t use those!*

**✅ Check the box for "Is Third Party User"!**

Ignore the Alert message - we'll get to that step soon!

Scroll down and tap on **Contact Information** 📇.

**Scroll to the bottom and make sure your Third Party has an email on file! 📧**

- If there’s no email, tap **Add**.
- If the email is correct, tap **OK**.

*Ignore the orange Alert message - we'll get to that step soon!*

After clicking **OK**, click **DONE**

Make sure **Third Party** says **Yes**! If it says **No**, check out step 7. ❌

Click **Actions** → **Manage Permissions for My Third Party** 🔧.

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This guide will help you understand FERPA and set up permissions for your Third-Party Contacts. 

Need help? Contact Enrollment Services:
💬 Text: 479-309-5532
✉️ Email: EnrollmentSupport@nwacc.edu
🏢 Visit: Bentonville or Springdale

How to Setup Third Party Permissions for FERPA

🔒 FERPA - Federal Law

3rd Party Defined

Sign into MyNWACC

Relationship Types

Edit Friends & Family

Add Permissions