HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NOTIFICATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER COLLECTION AND USAGE
Hillsborough Community College (HCC) will only collect and use your social security number (SSN) as needed for lawful purposes within the business of HCC and for those specific purposes identified by the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and other state and federal regulatory agencies and related laws. The SSN will not be used in an HCC information system as the primary identification of individuals unless required by law. HCC is committed to protecting the SSN for our students, faculty and staff from unauthorized access, recognizing that identity theft is a growing problem. HCC departments that are authorized and required to collect, transmit, store or use a SSN will do so in a secure manner. Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action up to and including discharge or dismissal in accordance with HCC rules and procedures.
In compliance with Section 119.071(5), Florida Statutes, this document serves to notify you of the purpose for the collection and usage of your SSN.
HCC collects and uses your SSN only for programs regulated by the Florida Department of Business and Regulation and in performance of the College’s duties and responsibilities. To protect your identity, HCC will protect your SSN from unauthorized access, never release your SSN to unauthorized parties, and assign you a unique student/employee identification number. This unique ID number is used for all associated employment and educational purposes at HCC.
For the student information system (HawkNet), the primary identifier for a student will be the student identification number, which will be used to access student education records, and for electronic and paper data systems that identify track and service students. Faculty and staff will require students to provide their student identification number for all transactions and not SSNs for any transactions requiring access to student records.
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