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Ca: Student Transportation Services of Central Ontario plans security audit after breach of student personal information in Peterborough area

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Dissent

Joelle Kovach reports:

The agency that co-ordinates busing for schools in the Peterborough area has arranged for a security audit after it accidentally allowed public access to a database of student contact and busing information through social media.

Joel Sloggett, CAO of Student Transportation Services of Central Ontario (STSCO), said Wednesday that the personal information of five students – including addresses and dates of birth – was breached after a posting was made to the agency’s Facebook and Twitter accounts last week.

Read more on The Peterborough Examiner.

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