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Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers
From: Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:19:57 -0500
In NY, the new privacy law .... Law applies to electronic data only "Private Information" Any personally identifying data (name, number,...) in conjunction with SSN Driver's license (or non-driver ID card) number Account/Credit/Debit card number with access code Encrypted with encryption key that also has been acquired or unencrypted data This would be that just a list of SSN's would not count as a breach Check with your GC office, but that is the way we read the law. YMMV. Thanks, Joel Rosenblatt Joel Rosenblatt, Senior Security Officer & Windows Specialist, CUIT Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033 http://www.columbia.edu/~joel - You can't spell seCUrITy without CUIT --On Monday, March 27, 2006 11:39 AM -0500 "Geoffrey S. Nathan" <geoffnathan () wayne edu> wrote:
Quick poll (apologies for cross-posting..) Suppose a file was stolen/accessed containing only social security numbers with no names attached. Would this constitute a security breach necessitating notification of those whose numbers were compromised? (Leaving aside the question of whether the theft/access itself is a breach). Geoff
Joel Rosenblatt, Senior Security Officer & Windows Specialist, CUIT Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033 http://www.columbia.edu/~joel - You can't spell seCUrITy without CUIT
Current thread:
- Bare Social Social Security Numbers Geoffrey S. Nathan (Mar 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers scott hollatz (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers H. Morrow Long (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Christopher E. Cramer (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Thomas R. Davis (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Steve Worona (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Charles R. Morrow-Jones (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Ken Connelly (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Joel Rosenblatt (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers H. Morrow Long (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Leo Tran (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Gary Golomb (Mar 27)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers H. Morrow Long (Mar 28)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Keith Schoenefeld (Mar 28)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers H. Morrow Long (Mar 28)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers H. Morrow Long (Mar 28)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Keith Schoenefeld (Mar 28)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Gary Flynn (Mar 28)
- Re: Bare Social Social Security Numbers Kevin Shalla (Mar 28)
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