Submit a Disclosure Anonymously Online

Submitting a disclosure to the Title IX Office is not the same as filing a formal complaint with the University Title IX Coordinator. Sharing information with the Title IX Office allows us to provide you with resources and supports, including supportive measures, which are individualized supports to help you fully participate in campus life at Harvard and continue with your studies or work.

The ROAD may be used to submit disclosures of sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct. Examples include, but are not limited to, unwelcome sexual advances; verbal, nonverbal, graphic or physical conduct of a sexual nature; stalking; exclusion from an activity based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Yes: individuals who may have witnessed incidents or conduct of sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct may use the ROAD to submit a disclosure.

The ROAD is hosted by a third-party vendor who is contractually committed not to pursue your identity and will not generate or maintain any internal connection logs with IP addresses. No information linking your identity to this form is available to either Harvard University or the third-party vendor.

If you feel uncomfortable submitting a disclosure on a device connected to the Harvard University network, you have the option of using a device that is connected to another network (such as the network at your home, an Internet café, a friend’s house, etc.).

Disclosures made through the ROAD are available only to specific individuals within the Harvard Title IX Office, who are able to provide resources and supports. When you submit a disclosure through the ROAD, the Title IX Office will respond to the disclosure, through the same anonymous service. Anonymity is preserved during these follow-up communications. In their response to your disclosure, the Harvard Title IX Office may provide you with information on resources, supports, and other options specific to your concerns. The Harvard Title IX Office treats information provided to them with the utmost discretion and sensitivity and share information only on a need-to-know basis; for example, in order to facilitate the implementation of supportive measures.

The ROAD is designed so that parties who may be engaging in sexual harassment and/or other types of sexual misconduct are not granted access to any disclosure forms in which they have been named. Only select individuals in the Harvard Title IX Office have the ability to view and access disclosure forms submitted through the ROAD.

When you submit your disclosure form, you receive a unique username and are asked to choose a password. You can return to the ROAD and access your original disclosure form to add more detail, answer questions from the Harvard Title IX Office, or provide any other additional information. We strongly suggest that you return to your original disclosure form to see responses from the Harvard Title IX Office.

All correspondence through the ROAD is held in the same strict confidence as your initial disclosure, continuing under the umbrella of anonymity.

Yes. There is a section in the ROAD's disclosure form for identifying yourself, if you wish to do so.