Posted by the University of Florida: In August, the University’s Privacy Office was notified of a privacy breach after the discovery of an unprotected computer file containing 34 names and 25 Social Security numbers. We believe the personal information belongs to trainers working with the Florida Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education program in 2006. The…
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Socials, med records dumped on street
Hundreds of students’ confidential records — including psychiatric exams and Social Security numbers — were dumped on the sidewalk in front of their former Manhattan high school yesterday. Infuriated parents and kids from the School for the Physical City rushed to the East 25th Street site after learning of the horrific privacy bungle, saying they…
Socials, med records dumped on street
Beth Stebner and Kate Sheehy report: Hundreds of students’ confidential records — including psychiatric exams and Social Security numbers — were dumped on the sidewalk in front of their former Manhattan high school yesterday. Infuriated parents and kids from the School for the Physical City rushed to the East 25th Street site after learning of…
U. Vermont announces credit card breach
Unversity of Vermont recently discovered that the security of up to 242 university-funded credit cards has been compromised. Ann Naylor of UVM Procurement services said in a statement that UVM is unaware of how the breach occured. UVM discovered the issue when they were notified by their bank. They were mailed a list of the…
School district hiding behind a criminal investigation – parent
On the principle of “no good deed goes unpunished,” some of those who have discovered and reported breaches have been terminated or prosecuted for their actions, such as Providence Home Services systems analyst Steven Shields who alleged that he was fired for reporting a breach, John Denning who alleges that Kaiser fired him because he…
Judge Orders U. of Louisville Nursing Student Reinstated
A federal judge has ordered the University of Louisville to permit a nursing student who had been expelled for writing blog posts about her patients, gun rights, religion, and other issues to re-enroll. […] The university expelled Ms. Yoder in February, saying she had violated the nursing school’s honor code by identifying herself as a…