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Student Loan Database Restricted After Improper Searches

The Education Department last night cut off outside access to a government database that contains the personal financial information of millions of student aid applicants. The department acted on concerns that loan companies or other marketers were improperly obtaining private information on potential borrowers.

U.S. Limits Access to Student Loan Database, New York Times, April 18, 2007.