July 2006  
 
 

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ECSI Security Measures Protect Privacy
Identity theft is a growing problem. In response, more and more states are enacting and/or enhancing their privacy laws to regulate how private information is exchanged. Nonetheless, email, as typically configured, is not a secure form of communications. Therefore, ECSI does not, and will not, send unsecured emails that contain private information (such as someone's full social security number). Other recent efforts to address this issue include enhancing the search capability of the SAL program so accounts can be located using only the last four digits of a social security number.

We strongly recommend that full social security number information should not be included in any email, regardless of the recipient. When emailing ECSI, in most cases, we suggest using only the last four digits. If full social security information or other private information (i.e., bank account, credit card and/or driver license information) must be sent to us electronically, we recommend that it be uploaded to our Secure FTP Server, or at least encrypted prior to being sent. If you need instructions on uploading data to our Secure FTP Server, please contact our operations department and we will be happy to assist you.

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Latest ECSI News

After the success of this year’s Annual User’s Conference, we have already scheduled our 2007 ECSI User’s Conference. Next year’s Conference will be held June 4-6, 2007 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA. We hope you will all set aside these dates and plan to attend.

This year, we welcomed our first K-12 school to the ECSI family, Winchester Thurston. They are a private school located here in Pittsburgh and are a new Tuition Payment Plan (TPP) client. Winchester Thurston is paving the way for more K-12 clients as our business continues to grow in this new market.

Just a reminder, ECSI has a new fax number. The new number is 866-291-5384. Through a company called My Fax, all incoming faxes are now converted to PDF files and received via email. The new fax process automatically forwards faxes from the old 412-494-5626 number. Please be sure to update this important contact information.

ECSI would like to send out a welcome to all of our new clients who recently converted to ECSI at the start of this fiscal year. These clients include: The University of Oklahoma, George Fox University, Kentucky Christian University, Charleston Southern University, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, and The California State System. We welcome you all to the ECSI family, and we look forward to working with each of you!