Education Dept. Shared Student Data With F.B.I.

[kurth]

September 1, 2006
Education Dept. Shared Student Data With F.B.I.
By JONATHAN D. GLATER

The Federal Education Department shared personal information on student loan applicants with the Federal Bureau of Investigation across a five-year period that began after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the agencies said yesterday... Each year, the Education Department collects information from 14 million applications for federal student aid.

Information collected on federal financial aid applications includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, incomes and, for some students, information on parents’ incomes and educational backgrounds. Generally, only United States citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply for federal student financial aid...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/washington/01educ.html?ref=us

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. They have done this for years

It is wrong, but it is not new.

[Hangingon]

2. My memory from long ago is

there is language in the applications allowing release of information. Often, benefits are tied to liabilities.