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Legacy use of partial SSNs as identifiers
From: Martin Manjak <mm376 () ALBANY EDU>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:17:16 -0400
Prior to legislation in many states prohibiting the use of SSNs and, and later, partial SSNs , a lot of schools were using these values to generate student IDs. While moving away from SSN related values to some form of unique, random identifier was a significant challenge, converting the old IDs--and all the records keyed on them-- into the new formats posed more formidable obstacles. I'm curious as to whether any institutions still have legacy identifiers that utilize partial SSNs, and what, if anything, you're considering doing with them. Presumably, the bulk of those records belong to individuals who are no longer active students. Feel free to reply off list if you prefer. -- Martin Manjak Information Security Officer University at Albany CISSP, GIAC GSEC-G, GCIH, GCWN 518/437-3813 mm376 () albany edu
Current thread:
- Legacy use of partial SSNs as identifiers Martin Manjak (Jun 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Legacy use of partial SSNs as identifiers Basgen, Brian (Jun 02)
- Re: Legacy use of partial SSNs as identifiers Kevin Shalla (Jun 04)