[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Feature proposal: SSN-censoring functionality

[Jason Stephenson]

Quoting Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org>:

> Stepping down from my soapbox, I see absolutely no reason for a US  
> library to store a patron's SSN. A drivers' license number, perhaps,  
> but not the SSN. My suggestion is to delete the field, and if  
> someone needs to track such an identifier then let them figure it  
> out within the bounds of their local law.

Of course, after saying the above, I realize that their isn't a SSN  
field in the patron record, but the user ident_type and ident fields.  
I guess the SSN label should be removed or whatever.

Frankly, it shouldn't be a technical issue. It is a policy issue to be  
determined by each Evergreen user (and I use that term loosely). It's  
also not unique to Evergreen.


-- 
Jason Stephenson
Assistant Director for Technology Services
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
Chief Bug Wrangler, Evergreen ILS