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From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Safeway Stores to Accept Charge Cards
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Date: 6 Apr 91 21:47:44 GMT
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In article <1991Apr6.191817.23675@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> spm2d@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Steven P. Miale) writes:

>The University of Virginia uses the SS# as the student ID. I don't like it.
>I am going to contact some people to get my ID# changed.

You can't, really. If you complain they will give you an ID card with
a different ID number on it, but your SSN will still be distributed to
the library, the hospital, et cetera. If you are only an employee they
will refuse to even give you another number.

They refuse to consider your SSN private information. I wish I knew 
a law I could quote at them, or that DP auditors would grade down
institutions that fail to protect private information.

Can anyone give legal references? Please?