Law / United States / 
Oregon
Oregon bar on disclosure of student Social Security numbers by public universities and community colleges
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Private right of action
- Yes
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Public university listed in ORS 352.002: do not disclose the Social Security number of a student who is attending the university, except at the request of a law enforcement agency or an agency providing child support services, with the student's written permission, in the payment of wages or benefits, in the payment or collection of taxes or of a debt the student owes, for statistical analysis or as otherwise required by law (ORS 350.278).
- Community college: do not disclose the Social Security number of a student who is attending the college, except at the request of a law enforcement agency or an agency providing child support services, with the student's written permission, in the payment of wages or benefits, in the payment or collection of taxes or of a debt the student owes, or for statistical analysis (ORS 350.280).
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Who enforces it
Enforcement body
A student who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or property as a result of a violation, by an action in circuit court for actual damages under ORS 350.282.
What record it asks for
Logging duty
ORS 350.278 and 350.280 bar a public university and a community college from disclosing an attending student's Social Security number, with listed exceptions, and ORS 350.282 gives a student who suffers an ascertainable loss an action for actual damages. They name no log, no record the institution keeps, no audit and no reader of a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
ORS 350.278 bars a public university listed in ORS 352.002 from disclosing the Social Security number of a student who is attending the public university. ORS 350.280 bars a community college from disclosing the Social Security number of a student who is attending the college.
Neither bar applies to a disclosure at the request of a law enforcement agency or an agency providing child support services, after written permission from the student, in the payment of wages or benefits, in the payment or collection of taxes or of a debt the student owes, or for purposes of statistical analysis. A public university may also disclose the number as otherwise required by law. Disclose means to make available for review by another person.
A student who suffers an ascertainable loss of money, personal property or real property as a result of a violation may bring an action in circuit court to recover the student's actual damages. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.
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