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Faceless college applicant organizing authorized recommendation-letter copies and a separate credential envelope
FINAL / SUBMIT / RECOVER
LETTER ARCHIVE SECURITY / ADMISSIONS

Secure Recommendation Letters

Protect authorized recommendation-letter copies by controlling drafts, separating access credentials, verifying submission, testing recovery and documenting retention without confusing encryption with FERPA access rights or a waiver.

EIGHT LETTER-SECURITY ROUTES

Follow each letter from final draft to controlled retirement.

Each route addresses one admissions decision with a unique photograph, procedure and control boundary.

INTERACTIVE RELEASE CHECK

Is this recommendation-letter archive ready to leave the source custodian?

Confirm scope, key separation, minimization, recipient authority, independent recovery and retention before release.

Confirm six controls before releasing a recommendation-letter archive.
CONTROL BOUNDARY

Encryption protects files; it does not grant letter access.

Consent, FERPA access rights, waiver status, authorship, submission acceptance, recommender authority, provider permissions and recovery require separate evidence.

Plan submission access