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qwerty

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Am I the only person to find this USM email outrageous? All that stands between us and having all our personal information public is our password?

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2. Concerns Voiced Over Use of EmplID

There have been several concerns voiced that the emplID's should be treated
similar to social security numbers; however, according to the U.S. Department of
Education, it is appropriate to proceed. In a letter published on the Internet
at http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/library/uwisc.html, Leroy
Rooker, director of the Family Policy Compliance Office for the U.S. Department
of Education, indicates that using a single user sign-on and publishing that
information in items such as a directory are allowable, providing it cannot be
used as stand alone by an unauthorized individual to obtain non-directory
information from education records. At Southern Miss, a person must always use a
password in conjunction with the emplID when signing on to an existing system.
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truth4usm/AH

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I think this is standard policy these days (it's the same at Vandy). Vic, as our resident computer information specialist, can you address this? (and translate it into layperson's terms for us?).

Thx,

Truth

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Another U

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Perhaps USM is actually ahead of many other places.  At my university (a major, tier 1 public), student and employee IDs are still one's social security number.  There's a major effort to change that, but such a move takes time considering the various, inter-connected systems.


 



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DC Comics

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Another U wrote:

Perhaps USM is actually ahead of many other places.  At my university (a major, tier 1 public.....
Wanna trade?

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Emma

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However- the minute they try to use it in Court- just desserts will be served.

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LVN

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Stop right there, Seeker. There's a big difference between obtaining someone's SSN (which is not a crime) and using it for illegal purposes (stealing their identity.)
You forgot the part where Ms. Mader gave the SSN out herself to the media.

And, I really hope you meant "devious" and not "deviant" -- deviousness is not a crime either, although I'm not sure that deviousness was used.

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Confused?

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Qwerty, According to the Mississippi Public Records Act, emails are considered record of business and can be requested by any citizen.  So, I’m not sure what you are outraged about?



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Morbidly Curious

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Confused? wrote:

According to the Mississippi Public Records Act, emails are considered record of business and can be requested by any citizen. 
Does this mean that I can obtain my chairs emails under Mississippi Public Records Act?

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Legal Beagle

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I think there is a filing fee associated with this request and a small cost for the University to produce these documents... But yes,  I think you could ask for your Chairs emails.

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qwerty

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Confused? wrote:
Qwerty, According to the Mississippi Public Records Act, emails are considered record of business and can be requested by any citizen.  So, I’m not sure what you are outraged about?


I wasn't thinking about emails. It was publishing the employee ID that is going to serve as a university-wide login name that concerned me. Maybe I read the notice incorrectly, but it struck me that having only a password stand between me and my personal info like SS# & etc... was a weak system. Maybe I'm being overcautious or overly concerned. Posters have said that USM is doing it the way everyone else is doing it.

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