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Fairfax Co. concludes investigation into student data breach

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Dissent

Scott Gelman reports:

An investigation into how Fairfax County Public Schools accidentally shared other students’ private information with a parent during a fall meeting has concluded, Superintendent Michelle Reid said in a letter to families Thursday.

The external review, conducted by the law firm Woods Rogers, found that the data breach occurred because the parent had access to old thumb drives with unredacted files, the school division said.

The county gathered the files in response to the parent’s previous Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act information request, and they were “unintentionally and unknowingly left within boxes accessible to the parent during her in‑person review, who copied the files and removed them from FCPS property,” according to the findings.

Read more at WTOP.

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