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MN: RCTC students birthdates released in data breach

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Dissent

Erich Fisher reports that Rochester Community Technical College discovered it had twice made errors in responding to semi-annual public records requests from LexisNexis:

A data breach at Rochester Community Technical College was identified and remedied on March 31 after it was discovered that a third-party company had received the birthdates of 5,392 students.

No other personal information from students was released in the breach, said Nate Stoltman, executive director of communications, marketing and external relations at RCTC.

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