The End of Unique Patron IDs

While we have not been using Unique Patron Identifiers for some time now, here is the official word from CLAMS:

Dear All,
The CLAMS Board of Directors and Membership has agreed to adopt the
following policy:

CLAMS will not retain unique government-issued numeric IDs in public library
patron records in Millennium.

This is in response to new regulations from the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts regarding retention of personal information.

Library staff should still follow local policy regarding verification of
identity and address when registering patrons. The only change we are
making is that ID numbers from such things as driver's licenses, passports,
etc. will not be kept in the patron's record in Millennium.

This does not affect the college ID numbers in CCCC patron records, which
are not covered under the regulations.

The CLAMS office staff will be removing the numbers from the Unique ID field
in existing public library patron records over the next few weeks. Please
inform all library staff who input patron records that they should no longer
be entering any part of an ID number from a government-issued document in
the patron record in Millennium at public libraries.

I will post this, but please make any of the volunteers who process new cards aware of the policy.

Thanks!