Kennedy Wants Lenders Blocked From Data
Request Comes Amid Scramble to Protect Student Information
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 16, 2007; Page A02
The chairman of the Senate education committee urged the Bush administration yesterday to block student loan companies from accessing a national database that holds confidential information on tens of millions of students.
The request by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), came after The Washington Post reported on inappropriate searches of the database that could violate federal rules and raise concerns about data mining and abuses of privacy.
posted by Dictynna @ 11:07 AM
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We disbelieve. Have you ever checked out the National Student Loan Database System (NSLDS)? It's a pain in the butt to use it to verify a loan application, much less use it as a marketing tool. The data available is limited (there is no address or contact info), and it's not availabe in database form: you have to use DeptofEd supplied web interfaces that displays one record at a time.
http://college-loan-search.blogspot.com
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