RE: University of South Carolina e-Mail Compromises StudentIDs

["Young, Keith" <Keith.Young () montgomerycountymd gov>]

> 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

Keith Young, Security Official
Department of Technology Services
Montgomery County, Maryland
phone - (240) 777-2955

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