About 8,000 UW-Madison faculty and staff members who still hold outdated Social Security number-based ID cards will be receiving an e-mail from the chancellor telling them their cards are being phased out.
“Protecting privacy is a growing issue and challenge in our increasingly electronic world,” said Ron Kraemer, chief information officer for the university. “This is one of many steps we are taking in the coming months and years to safeguard our campus community.”
The old cards will be invalid after April 15.