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Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN
From: "Hoag, Martin" <Marty.Hoag () NDSU EDU>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:25:43 -0800
I think the SSN is also included in the 1098-T or whatever it is that goes to every student to show what they paid for qualified tuition and related expenses. But in searching to remind myself of the number I saw something about allowing the identification number (e.g., SSN) to be truncated on the printed copy that goes to the individual (e.g., to ***-**-6789 or XXX-XX-6789). But I'm not a lawyer nor a tax expert... See http://www.irs.gov/irb/2009-51_IRB/ar10.html (search for truncate). -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Willis Marti Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 3:36 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Universities riskiest place for SSN On 11/8/2010 3:12 PM, Dan Peterson wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I agree that High-Ed does report things that private industry does not; however, why does Higher-Ed need the student SSN in the first place
There are several reports to Federal and, in our case, state agencies that require SSNs. And there are loads of former students that still have interactions with the University. We officially replaced SSNs with a "UIN" in 2005, but we're still cleaning out legacy grade sheets, etc. -- Cheers, Willis Marti Director& CISO Networking and Information Security Texas A&M University
Current thread:
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN, (continued)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Allison F Dolan (Nov 09)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Moore, Frank (Nov 08)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Morrow Long (Nov 08)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN David Escalante (Nov 08)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Dan Peterson (Nov 08)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Kevin Shalla (Nov 09)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN John Ladwig (Nov 09)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Jeffrey Schiller (Nov 09)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Kimberly Heimbrock (Nov 09)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Willis Marti (Nov 08)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Hoag, Martin (Nov 08)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Dan Peterson (Nov 08)
- Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN Dexter Caldwell (Nov 09)