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By DIANA DARG
Gamecock Staff V
USC's practice
probably be rule*
privacy if it were
registrar said.
usl negistrat
. j under the Family
1974, known as th
practice of postin
1 I read them and id
would probably tx
; t court.
5 t THE FINAL ?
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^ James L. Buckle:
r ' when the guideline
summer.
The guidelines p
! identifiable studen
without students'
: with social securi
; order correspondi
names in each cl;
I | class, students c;
5' alphabetically i
classmates and le
q Also, the first th
students' social se
C in-state students'
c HH a(*ded t0 alp
makes identificati
even easier, Gunt<
ELDON D. W<
Hfl educational and <
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i vvvgiui*^ uia i, ui
of posting grades u
students' grade:
classmates. Howe\
on the legality of p
mailed on iudge's inl
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ly seek jf ^he amendi
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use of social seem
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of posting grades would
i illegal as an invasion of
challenged in court, the USC
r. Luther Gunter said that
Rights and Privacy Act of
e Buckley Amendment, the
g grades where others can
entify personal information
5 decided illegal if taken to
guidelines of the Buckley
named after its sponsor,
y, senator from New York
is were finally approved last
rohibit disclosing personally
t records, including grades,
consent. Grades are nostpH
ty numbers in alphabetical
ng to the list of students'
ass. In a moderately sized
an match grades with an
arranged list of fellow
arn grades of others.
iree numbers of out-of-state
curity numbers differ from
numbers. This information,
habetical order of grades,
on of grades with students
?r agreed.
jdlock, USC professor of
1 i 1
?uudiiiuiiuiicii law, said ne
espite attempted anonymity
nth social security numbers,
> can be identified by
^er, he said, a court's ruling
osting grades would depend
terpretation of the amendnent
were narrowly inwould
probably consider the
rity numbers, regardless of
2t
etiriq St., W.
"An educational ag<
stitution shall obtain
consent of the parent of
the eligible student befoi
personally identifiable
from the educational r
student, other than dj
formation . .
Buckley i
their order on grade sheets,
students' privacy. The gu
mention legality of using
numbers or the order of gra
But if the judge gave I
broader interpretation as p;
doctrine, he would probably d*
illegal, Wedlock said.
SUBPART D, section 99.3*
rflli .r. .
guiuciii>c9 aoys.
"An educational agency or
obtain the written consent oi
student or the eligible student
personally identifiable infori
educational records of a stu
directory information ..."
The only exceptions would
school officials within th#? inct
with legitimate educational ir
of another school where a stu<
authorized representatives of
general of the United States, t
commissioner or director of
stitute of Education, Assista
education and state education
connection with financial aid
officials honnH h\/ low
m*j iUH tw
formation; organizations coi
for educational agencies or
ducting research; accreditin
parents of a dependent studei
required by a judicial order o
subpoena; appropriate partie
safety emergency.
GUNTER SAID the grade
hflS Pfimo I irv counrol
..?<w w>??v WJ/ ovvvidi UlUCC
requesting their grades not I
case is handled on an individu
"It is to the student's advan
grade as soon as possible," (
some students prefer to ju
mailed to them.
"If a student does not wish t
nosted. our nffipp u/ill nntif*/ t
to omit his social security nu
from the list," Gunter said.
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written
a student or
*e disclosing
information
ecords of a
[rectory in
Amendment j
as protection of
lidelines do not
social security
des if posted.
:he amendments
art of a privacy
ecide the practice
0 (a) (l) of the
' institution shall
f the parent of a
before disclosing
nation from the
dent. Otht?r than
be disclosure to:
itution or agency
iterests; officials
ient has applied;
the comptroller
he secretary, the
the National Innt
Secretary for
al authorities; in
; state and local
college the innducting
studies
institutions cong
organizations;
it; to a court, as
r lawfully issued
? in a health or
posting question
>, with students
be posted. Each
al basis, he said,
tage to know his
hunter said. But
st have grades
o have his grade
acuity members
mber and grade
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