I was a little taken aback by Sun's pre-test requirement of the public
use (at Sun's discretion) all this personal information. But then,
I'd bet that most our SSN's and other personal information is already
stuck in multiple publicly-assessable databases. The last dotcom for
which I worked subscribed to a service (kind of like TRW) that brought
back just about every detail of my household and financial life
(including the names of my dogs!). But Sun had most of this
information already from repeated JavaOne registrations, anyway....
Cheers!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: JAVA Certification
> Any good jobs at your school? The professional life is wearing me
out.
>
> - gene
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Milt Epstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 1:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Re: JAVA Certification
>
>
> > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Phil wrote:
> >
> > > Why would they give this information away?
> >
> > A better question is why do they need/want this information in the
> > first place?
> >
> >
> > > You seem to have something to hide? Maybe you do not have a SSN?
> >
> > Please. In this day and age, I think anyone who isn't at least a
> > little protective of their personal info is somewhat naive and/or
> > ignorant. And it doesn't mean you have something to hide.
> >
> >
> > > In College we put our SSN on the applications. Why is this a
problem?
> >
> > When was this? I work at a university, and the issue of privacy
and
> > use of the SSN is a hot one, and things are moving towards not
using
> > it (moving slowly though, since it's so entrenched, especially at
a
> > big school like I'm at).
> >
> > Further, there're lots more legitimate reasons that colleges would
> > need SSN than Sun (like identification, official records,
financial
> > information).
> >
> >
> > Apologies for this off-topic post, but I felt this response
deserved a
> > response.
> >
> >
> > > At 11:31 AM 4/4/01 -0400, Mustafa Soysal wrote:
> > > >How do you feel about giving blanket permission for your
personal
> > > >information to be shared to anyone Sun sees fit, including your
tax
> > > >number (SSN in the US)?
> > > >
> > > >That's what kept me from considering it. You have to agree to
that
> > > >in the US in order to buy the exam, and you have to disclose
that
> > > >information as part of the "exam".
> >
> > Milt Epstein
> > Research Programmer
> > Software/Systems Development Group
> > Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
> > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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