The Magic system is pre-loaded with customer information so that new
members of the MSU community don't have to go through a lengthy
process the first time they check out a book. The SSN is used to
reconcile multiple records for the same person when that person has
multiple MSU affiliations.

/rich


On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 07:50:50 -0500, David Cowes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That's exactly my question (and concern).
>
> David Cowes
> MSU HealthTeam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Peter J Murray
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:59 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Notice regarding possible exposure of personal
> information
>
> Why are Social Security Numbers being stored on the machine that hosts
> Magic?
>
> Tom Davis wrote:
>
> >
> > adjunct faculty and staff).  This dataset, which is used to verify
> > library borrowing privileges, includes names, addresses, and Social
> > Security and student numbers.
>