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- Path: sparky!uunet!computer-privacy-request
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 07:17:09 EST
- From: Dave Niebuhr <dwn@dwn.ccd.bnl.gov>
- Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
- Subject: Sallie Mae and SSNs
- Message-ID: <comp-privacy1.116.8@pica.army.mil>
- Organization: Computer Privacy Digest
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- X-Computer-Privacy-Digest: Volume 1, Issue 116, Message 8 of 11
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- One of my daughters recently obtained a student loan guaranteed by
- Sallie Mae, the quasi-governmental agency created to purchase these
- loans made by banks and other financial institutions, similar to
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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- The problem is that Sallie Mae uses my SSN, not my daughter's, as
- the account number. I called Sallie Mae and the person on the
- other side stated that he couldn't do anything about it and that
- I should address a letter to his supervisor (naturally).
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- I've done that and have yet to receive any response.
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- While filling out the forms for financial aid (many of them), I
- didn't see one instance of the Privacy Act being stated; I complained
- about that too.
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- I am curious to see what answers (non-answers) that I receive.
-
- Dave
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- Dave Niebuhr Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
- Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973 (516)-282-3093
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