Location: Illinois @ public university
Context: keeping vague, but I'm a grad student. Not long along, I stumbled upon what I suspected to be academic integrity violations in a paper written by a classmate. I relayed my concerns (not definitive proof) to the equivalent of a TA (fellow student, year ahead). He assured me it would be confidential and that my name wouldn't come up.
Some time later, get called in to an interview with the dean of academic affairs. Before we start talking in his office, he tells me to keep what is discussed confidential, and asks me to relay my story, which I do. In the interim the whole thing has become a massive shitshow - TA told professor, who then told other professors, who told other students. All the while I'm under the impression that I'm left out of this. I conclude my discussion with the dean, and say in no uncertain terms that I don't want anything to do with this anymore.
Today I get approached by the student I reported, who tells me that they know everything. He proceeds to read lines from the report the dean sent to him, which list my full name as the student who made the report.
Is this allowed? I was always under the impression that my report was anonymous, but now the student I reported knows who I am, and he was pissed. I don't really fear for my safety, but it does suck.