Re: University of South Carolina e-Mail Compromises StudentIDs

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

I can't remember now, but I was almost positive it was in the SSN act
itself - reiterated later in other legislation or modifications to the
SSN act.


On 4/17/06, Young, Keith <Keith.Young () montgomerycountymd gov> wrote:
> > Seems to me that its ILLEGAL to use it as an ID number -
> > if I remember correctly.
>
> Maybe outside of education this is true, but at least FERPA (Family
> Educational Rights and Privacy Act) rules from the Board of Education
> permit collection and use of SSNs:
>
> http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/library/ssnumber.html
>
> --Keith

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