Pentagon Opt Out and School Opt Out

[BILL53]

Pentagon Opt Out and School Opt Out

In just a few minutes, you can create letters here that will Opt Out your child from BOTH the Pentagon database and your high school recruitment list.

To opt out a student, you must submit Opt Out letters by postal mail to both the Pentagon and your School District Superintendent. It's easy! By using this tool, you can create separate pre-printed letters that include BOTH the Pentagon's address and your high school Superintendent's address. All you need is a printer, two envelopes and two stamps.

http://www.leavemychildalone.org/index.cfm?event=showContent&contentid=63

[woodsprite]

1. It was my understanding that you can opt

out of the school program, but you cannot opt out of the Pentagon database. Is that right? While I was doing it for our daughter, I got to thinking that with all the info you have to provide, what a great way for the Pentagon to easily get your kid's info - or verify it. My daughter is just in middle school, so I didn't send it in until I find out some more info.

[fed-up]

3. check my post at number 2 n/t

[fed-up]

2. Mining for kids: Children can’t “opt out” of Pentagon recruitment database

http://www.vermontguardian.com/national/012006/Pentagon.shtml

Mining for kids: Children can’t “opt out” of Pentagon recruitment database
By Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian

posted January 17, 2006

Parents cannot remove their children’s names from a Pentagon database that includes highly personal information used to attract military recruits, the Vermont Guardian has learned.

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Parents must contact the Pentagon directly to ask that their children’s information not be released to recruiters, but the data is not removed from the JAMRS database, according to Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke, a Pentagon spokeswoman.

Instead, the information is moved to a suppression file, where it is continuously updated with new data from private and government sources and still made available to recruiters, Krenke said. It’s necessary to keep the information in the suppression file so the Pentagon can make sure it’s not being released, she said.

Krenke said the database is compiled using information from state motor vehicles departments, the Selective Service, and data-mining firms that collect and organize information from private companies. In addition to names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and phone numbers, the database may include cell phone numbers, e-mail addresses, grade-point averages, ethnicity, and subjects of interest...