The 2013 breach at Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) in Arizona affected approximately 2.5 million faculty, staff, vendors, and students, making it the largest breach involving student information ever reported by a U.S. institution of higher education. A complaint by this privacy advocate alleges violations of the Safeguards Rule. Having researched and reported on breaches for about…
Category: Education Sector
No information security breach found in wake of charter school’s mailer to Jersey City parents
Michaelangelo Conte reports: A Sherman Avenue charter school did not access the Jersey City school system’s computers to obtain personal information about district students for a mailer, a district official said this afternoon. The school district had been concerned that the METS Charter School obtained the information form the city school data system but an…
Jersey City school district probing apparent data breach involving students’ personal info
Terrence T. McDonald reports: The Jersey City school district is investigating how a Sherman Avenue charter school obtained personal information about district students, data that parents believe the charter school used to mail the students and their parents registration forms last month. Schools Superintendent Marcia V. Lyles revealed some details of the investigation at a…
New Trier investigates teachers’ identity thefts
Karen Ann Cullotta reports: The apparent identity thefts of more than 40 former and current New Trier High School employees have prompted the school district to ask local and state law enforcement authorities for help with the investigation, New Trier officials confirmed this week. […] New Trier officials said they were alerted in March to…
College of the Desert notifies employees of e-mail breach
College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California recently notified employees that an employee sent an e-mail with an attached spreadsheet with employee information to 78 college employees. The spreadsheet contained employees’ name, Social Security number, date of birth, gender, zip code, job title, employee identification number, health insurance benefit plan selection, health insurance subscriber identification…
U.Va. Email Accidentally Exposes Student Information
Associated Press reports: The University of Virginia says a law school administrator accidentally sent an email with the personal information of 155 students. Officials say the email sent earlier this week via a school mass mailing list included a spreadsheet that contained GPAs, class ranks and personal biographical information on students who are applying for…