Number 554
Subject: Banner Identification Number
Effective Date: February 1, 2008
Because Social Security Numbers were used as identifiers in the past, and there was considerable concern about the privacy of those numbers, some of that concern has transferred to the current Banner ID number. It is the intention of this policy that Banner ID numbers be treated as public identifiers with appropriate office practices which recognize their non-confidential status.
Banner ID numbers are unique, public identifiers for members of the USU community to be used by the official system-of-record and for other purposes where it is important to distinguish among similarly named members of the USU community. Because of their public nature, Banner ID numbers do not constitute proof of identity.
