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- Path: sparky!uunet!computer-privacy-request
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:51:27 -0800
- From: David Ruggiero <osiris@halcyon.halcyon.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
- Subject: Re: Sallie Mae and SSNs
- Reply-To: David Ruggiero <osiris@halcyon.halcyon.com>
- Message-ID: <comp-privacy1.117.8@pica.army.mil>
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- Dave Niebuhr writes:
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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).
-
- Depends on the type of student loan. If this was a "PLUS" loan, it's
- actually issued to your daughter but guaranteed by you, the parent.
- In this case, SallieMae having *your* SSN makes pretty good sense.
-
- If, however, it was another kind of loan ("Stafford", "GSL", "SLS", etc.),
- this isn't as easy to see. It could be that they want *your* number to
- make it easier to find *her* current address if she later defaults on
- the loan (parents usually being more stable and easier to trace than their
- recently-graduated offspring). Just a guess....
-
- One of my clients is a large student-loan guarantee organization - I'll
- make some enquiries there and report anything interesting that's said.
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