COLUMBIA — March 16, 2009 — It may be only March, but the university is already in the midst of a system-wide spring cleaning—of Social Security numbers. The project, which takes place on all four campuses, University of Missouri Health Care, Extension and UM system, will replace all Social Security numbers necessary to UM business with alternate identification numbers and delete all those unnecessary.
“The university takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard the personal information and identity of our faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, friends and donors” said UM President Gary Forsee.
Forsee went on to say, “This project will go a long way toward protecting the security and personal identity of our associates.”
A Division of Information Technology team has been created to initiate the process of securing Social Security numbers in a centralized database and replacing them with alternate identification numbers. Social Security numbers that are no longer necessary will be deleted to prevent exposure to outside sources. This is a huge project and will require the cooperation of everyone across the entire system.
What can you do?Begin by searching your electronic and paper files for Social Security numbers and deleting or shredding those that are no longer necessary.
Additional information can be found at https://doit.sharepoint.missouri.edu/sysops/public/SSNProject.
UM system will keep you informed of this project as it progress.
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