Although the MRN is confidential, it is not secret. It is on your
temple recommend, and I believe it is on your year end tithing summary
statement. The important thing to remember is that if you export MLS
info, you are under a strict obligation to keep that information
secure. So this is why the Church has a policy prohibiting uploading
MLS data to other computers. So, I personally find no problems with me,
for example, using the MRN number as a unique identifier of a program
that I have running only on my machine and that I keep protected.
Sure there are ways for people to compromise my personal computer. But
if someone was to do that, they are more likely to take the names, phone
numbers and addresses of the members than they are to take the MRN.
Tom
Thomas Haws wrote:
I have heard it called confidential, but for the life of me I can't
fathom why. Maybe like the Social Security number, some people are
just touchy about such things.
On that subject, I recently got a message on MLS pointing out that the
Individual Ordinance Summary is for handing out to a member, but the
Membership record is NOT. But again, for the life of me, I haven't
yet discerned any difference between them. And I certainly can't
figure out any moral justification for keeping information on people
that they aren't permitted to access. Does anybody have any insight
on this?
Tom
On 5/22/07, *Slide* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
On 5/22/07, Bill Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
> The CSV files from MLS also contain the membership IDs, which is a
> permanent identification. That is what you can use and never
> change. The internal ID value seems fairly stable, but I only
use it
> to match up the HT/VT and Organization records with the Membership
> records. I have defined an auxiliary file that I use for my
> program. This file contains the membership ID along with any other
> information I want to keep (like cell phones and e-mail for each
> member) By comparing the auxiliary file with the import, I can
tell
> who is new and who is no longer on the records.
>
Isn't the MRN confidential information though? That is why I wasn't
storing it or using it.
slide
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