Can you sue a University if one of their own faculty members share?
Not under federal law. Maybe under some state law. In what state did this professor commit this act?Assuming your faculty member is teaching at a U.S. college, most colleges and universities are subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Posting your transcript would be a violation of FERPA.Unfortunately, as a Gonzaga University student who sued all the way to the Supreme Court found out, students can't sue colleges for violating FERPA.Having dealt with a Long Island, N.Y. college that violates FERPA so routinely and successfully it is clearly their college policy -- New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, N.Y. -- I can tell you that the only option you have to enforce your rights under FERPA is to write a letter to the U.S. Department of Education and tell them what happened. At least one medical student had to get a court order to see his secret file. He says the college still didn't show him everything: Attallah v. New York College of Osteopathic Medicine et al. But like you, he complained that the college discussed confidential records with outsiders. The case will go to trial many months from now, but not for violating FERPA.When the US DOE gets a FERPA complaint from a student, they make a friendly visit to the college, ask them what happened, and ask them nicely not to do it again. No school has ever been sanctioned or punished for even intentional breaches of FERPA. You wouldn't know it, though, from the panic many administrators exhibit when they deal with potential FERPA issues.Some colleges use FERPA to take advantage of students. It's in their best interests not to tell anyone anything. So they make blanket comments like "that would be a violation of FERPA" and that usually shuts people up.If your state has privacy protections, it may be time to invoke them. I find this particular violation vile enough that I encourage you to speak with a lawyer who specializes in social media. And I don't say that very often. If a faculty member really did post your transcript on social media, it was a terrible thing to do.