But besides warning students, University officials say the complexities of copyright law render them largely powerless to prevent the use of their telephone directory by telemarketers.
Furthermore, the data-mining companies which obtain and sell Harvard students' information are largely unregulated by the federal laws that govern the way telemarketers make calls and solicit customers.
Following the Trail
But the Direct Marketing Association (DMA)--the umbrella organization for major telemarketers--says the most likely source for such information would be a published student telephone book.
It is unlikely that telemarketers get the information from any other source. In any case, they get nothing from the Registrar's office.
"We're picky about who we give [student information] to inside the university, never mind outside," says Gregory E. Atkinson, an assistant to the registrar.
"I don't know how they could get them," he says. "We're the only ones with the full database."
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