Social Security Numbers and Transcripts

Aaron Titus — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:07:00 +0000

Though most colleges and universities no longer use the Social Security Number as the Student ID, financial, lending, and some hold-out colleges regrettably use the SSN as a convenient, but unnecessary identifying number. Because of the sensitive nature of the SSN, a few states, including New York, have outlawed placing the Social Security Number on official University documents, including transcripts; professionals and government officials uniformly warn of the dangers of disseminating a SSN. Notwithstanding, a student's name, Social Security Number, and birth date appears on a distinct minority of nationally ranked school's transcripts and students are not given the option to hide this sensitive information.

January 2007 Survey of Nationally Ranked University Registrars :: By January 2007, only Â¼ of nationally ranked universities placed student SSNs on their transcripts, without allowing students to hide or withhold it.
2003 AACRAO National Registrar Survey :: In 2003, more than Â¾ of national colleges & universities reported using the SSN on transcripts, to AACRAO.
AACRAO :: The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
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Social Security Numbers and Transcripts (Comment #1)

Noal Phillips — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:42:58 +0000

Hello,

I am president of a security document print company and I just read the article (http://www.adamdodge.com/esi/the_secure_transcript) on secure transcripts and the printing of SSN's on the transcript. We offer a security feature to protect against copying for universities who print ssn's or other ID data on the transcript. We have several versions but one specifically is designed for schools to print sensitive information to prevent it from being ledgible on copies, scans, faxes, etc. while the original remains readable. We also have many other patented features for securing scholastic transcripts but this one seemed fitting for your article.

You can view a PDF overview of this technology here.
http://www.isp-vft.com/DownloadBrief/metallicsafessnsafe.pdf

Regards,

Noal Phillips
International Security Products, Inc.
www.isp-vft.com

The Privacy Podcast: Social Security Numbers and Transcripts

Social Security Numbers and Transcripts

Social Security Numbers and Transcripts (Comment #1)