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Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a new resource, . Responding to privacy-related questions frequently raised by individuals who file complaints and/or contact OCR for technical assistance, this resource provides helpful details about how information – including the identity of a complainant – will be used by OCR when OCR investigates a complaint. The resource also provides information on civil rights protections for individuals who submit a complaint of discrimination or participate in an investigation.

For more information on how OCR evaluates, opens, investigates, and resolves complaints, please see OCR’s . For more information on the prohibition against retaliation, please see .