Shruti D reports: Kirti Dargan got the shock of her life when she Googled her name on Friday. Kirti, a student of Moti Lal Nehru college, found her personal details, including her residential address, email ID, and mobile number listed online, for everyone to see. How did the 19-year-old land in such a pickle? Kirti…
Category: Education Sector
Laptop stolen from U Kentucky had info on newborns and mothers
From the University of Kentucky: The University of Kentucky is notifying 2,027 people of a breach of protected health information. Between June 18 and June 21, 2010, a laptop computer containing information from the Newborn Screening Program was stolen from the Department of Pediatrics Newborn Screening Program. The theft was reported to the UK Police…
UConn notifies 10,174 applicants of laptop theft
The University of Connecticut issued the following statement on its web site: University officials are investigating the theft of a laptop computer from UConn’s West Hartford campus that contains the names and social security numbers of 10,174 applicants, many of whom were selected for consideration to attend the regional campus. The theft of the computer,…
Loma Linda offers help after desktops stolen in June
Darrell R. Santschi reports: Loma Linda University’s dental school has hired a credit monitoring and repair firm to help potential identity theft victims. Kroll Inc. will offer assistance to any of the 10,100 patients whose personal information was contained in three desktop computers stolen from the school the weekend of June 12, university spokesman Dustin…
Laptop stolen from PCC employee’s car contained SSN of 2,900 unemployed Oregonians
A car owned by an employee of Portland Community College was broken into on Thursday, Aug 5. Among the stolen items was a data-storage device containing the names and Social Security numbers of an estimated 2,900 Multnomah County participants in the Oregon Food Stamp Employment Transition Program, also known as OFSET. The employee had been…
126,000 college students and employees notified of breach
The College Center for Library Automation (CCLA), which provides automated library services and electronic resources to Florida’s public colleges, today began informing students, faculty, and staff of six colleges that some of their personal information was inadvertently open to online access between May 29 and June 2, 2010. A copy of the e-mail notification can…