January 10, 2007

Pentagon to Restrict Data on Teen Recruits To Improve Privacy Protection

The Department of Defense has agreed to change the database it uses for military recruitment efforts to better protect the privacy of millions of high school students nationwide, a civil liberties group announced Tuesday. In settling a lawsuit brought last year by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of six students, the government agreed it will no longer disseminate student information to law enforcement, intelligence and other agencies and will stop collecting student Social Security numbers, the group said in a statement.

Pentagon to restrict data used in teen recruiting, Associated Press, January 10, 2007.