Officials from the University and Apple Computers have denied allegations made last Thursday that the University released a list of student social security numbers to Apple, breaking a federal law.

The Undergraduate Student Government charged last Thursday that the University's Microcomputer Information Support Center released the list to Apple last spring, violating 1974's federal privacy act which protects identification-related records as confidential.

Apple officials said the company never received a document containing the numbers.

Paul Peworchik, acting director of the Center for Academic Computing, which includes MISC, said University policy prohibits the center from releasing such information. The center did not release the list, Peworchik said.

The University verified the winner using its own records and as a policy does not release students' personal data to outside organizations, Peworchik.

Vicky Fong, assistant manager of University public information, said the University mass-mailed flyers to students advertising the promotion, but charged Apple for that cost. Fong said of the allegations, "I don't know why (Apple) would need that many students' names."

Douglas Lamb (sophomore-forestry science) said at Thursday's news conference that he has a copy of the document he said was released to Apple as part of the company's promotional campaign, "MacBreak '88." While Lamb said Thursday a friend at Apple gave him that information, he recanted his claims Friday, saying the friend did not work for Apple.

"I'm not sure what I wanted to say was getting across," Lamb said Saturday. "I did get (the information) from a friend, but not from a friend who works at Apple."

In a statement prepared Friday, Lamb said USG "jumped a little ahead of (itself)" and "is wrong for making accusations they could not prove."

"In my opinion any student who entered MISC could have copied the file . . . the University was at fault by leaving the file where it was accessible to the public," he said in the statement.

John Welshofer, an Apple spokesman, called the allegations against Apple "completely false."