FC: New York University breaks promises, demands your SSN

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

********

> From: Steve Mann <mann () eecg toronto edu>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: is new york a police state?
> Date:   Sat, 22 Jan 2000 04:01:00 -0500
>
> i thought your group might find amusing a situation in which a new york
> university refused to reimburse expenses after promising to do so for
> an invited lecture, based on a technicality pertaining to a need to have
> a social security number to REIMBURSE expenses for which receipts were
> provided:
>
> http://wearcam.org/nyu/
>
> at issue here is what happens when integrity and ethics run counter to a
> desire to over-comply with (beyond) government policy.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology
To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text:
subscribe politech
More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------