Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Vt. College Mistakenly Posts Student Data
Vt. College Mistakenly Posts Student Data
Source: ABC News | Priority: Managing Compliance Standards | Topic: Customer Privacy
Date Published: 10/20/2005 | Date Reviewed: 11/3/2005
TAKEAWAY: A former student of Vermont Technical College who plugged his own name into the Google search engine discovered that his alma mater had mistakenly posted every student's Social Security number on the Internet for almost two years. Besides the SSNs, other private data, such as addresses, SAT scores and student ethnicities, were removed after the gaffe was discovered. College officials say there is no indication that identity thieves stumbled upon the treasure trove. The mistake happened when a college administrator intended to direct the information to a secure server drive but instead posted it to a public Web site.
Source: ABC News | Priority: Managing Compliance Standards | Topic: Customer Privacy
Date Published: 10/20/2005 | Date Reviewed: 11/3/2005
TAKEAWAY: A former student of Vermont Technical College who plugged his own name into the Google search engine discovered that his alma mater had mistakenly posted every student's Social Security number on the Internet for almost two years. Besides the SSNs, other private data, such as addresses, SAT scores and student ethnicities, were removed after the gaffe was discovered. College officials say there is no indication that identity thieves stumbled upon the treasure trove. The mistake happened when a college administrator intended to direct the information to a secure server drive but instead posted it to a public Web site.
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