{"id":246,"date":"2014-05-30T15:53:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T22:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:17:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:17:43","slug":"id-2550","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/id-2550\/","title":{"rendered":"2550 Federal Privacy Act: Disclosure of Social Security Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Original Date: 9\/1\/1995 * Last Revision Effective: 6\/20\/2023<br \/>\nPolicy Contact: Vice President, Student Affairs<\/p>\n<h2>Policy<\/h2>\n<p>Pursuant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opcl\/social-security-number-usage\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section 7 of Public Law 93-579<\/a> (commonly known as the Federal Privacy Act), which became effective on September 27, 1975, notice is hereby given that disclosure of a student\u2019s Social Security number for the purpose of admission and registration at Bellevue College is voluntary on the student\u2019s part.<\/p>\n<p>The State Board for Community and Technical College\u2019s record keeping system requires that each student have a unique nine-digit identification number; therefore, Bellevue College assigns a nine-digit number to all students who have attended and those who are applying for admission. The Social Security number will not be used as an identifier in the college records system.<\/p>\n<p>Bellevue College will not deny any individual any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of that individual\u2019s refusal to disclose their Social Security number. Students who receive financial aid, however, should be aware that federal law requires them to provide their Social Security numbers.<\/p>\n<h2>Relevant Laws and Other Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opcl\/social-security-number-usage\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Law 93-579, Section 7(b)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Original 9\/1\/1995<br \/>\nRevisions 3\/22\/2005; 5\/21\/2009; 4\/6\/2015; 6\/20\/2023<\/p>\n<h2>Approved By<\/h2>\n<p>Board of Trustees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Date: 9\/1\/1995 * Last Revision Effective: 6\/20\/2023 Policy Contact: Vice President, Student Affairs Policy Pursuant to Section 7 of Public Law 93-579 (commonly known as the Federal Privacy Act), which became effective on September 27, 1975, notice is hereby given that disclosure of a student\u2019s Social Security number for the purpose of admission and <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/id-2550\/\">...more about 2550 Federal Privacy Act: Disclosure of Social Security Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":441,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-246","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3534,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246\/revisions\/3534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}