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From: jjc@cisunx.UUCP (Jeffrey James Bryan Carpenter)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Posting grades
Message-ID: <14636@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 88 19:35:24 GMT
References: <5129@bsu-cs.UUCP> <4302@teklds.CAE.TEK.COM> <6125@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <5734@polya.Stanford.EDU> <9248@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: jjc@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Jeffrey James Bryan Carpenter)
Organization: U. of Pittsburgh, Computing and Information Sys.(Computer Center)
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In article <9248@ihlpb.ATT.COM> nevin1@ihlpb.UUCP (55528-Liber,N.J.) writes:
>In article <5734@polya.Stanford.EDU> dkeisen@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) writes:
 >>individual things like setting up appointments) and I will email each
 >>student her/his grade at the end of the term.
 >
 >This still may not be legal.  Since sysadmins also have access to these
 >accounts, and many of them at universities are students, you may still
 >be violating the privacy act.

That same system administrator could probably also see the report
cards printing out on the line printer.  I doubt email would violate
the privacy act.


	jeff
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