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. >