Subj : Hiring Practices
To   : Mortar M.
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Dec 24 2025 09:52 am

  Re: Hiring Practices
  By: Mortar M. to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 12:11 am

 >> I always thought organizations hiring for a job could contact the college
 >> or university you attended and asked for verification of your degree.

 MM> Negative.  The HIPAA privacy act disallows thrid-party access to personal
 MM> documents without the owner's approval.

Ah, I had the impression HIPAA was mainly for health-related stuff, and that things like the degrees you've earned were basically public record.

Nightfox
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