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Re: [SLUG] "idled" daemon


On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Stephen Robert Norris wrote:

> Sydney Uni used to do this too - the privacy laws stopped them, as they needed
> the student IDs to be "private" so they could use them to give out exams
> results etc.

Could you please elucidate on this?
Any information you have would be much appreciated.  

I would also be interested in seeing any relevant documentation or 
rulings that support this.  Is there anyone at USyd that I can talk to 
that knows more?


thanks!
rachel

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