Ave Maria Web Site Exposes Student Information
Quick Facts
- Date: 2/26/2008
- Institution: Ave Maria University
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: Unknown
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: Naples Daily News
Abstract
Hundreds of pages worth of Ave Maria's internal assessment documentation was available to the public through the university's web site. These documents contained information such as student grade point averages, test scores, exit interviews and research paper evaluations, however most were without attribution. The documentation was placed on the university's Institutional Effectiveness Committee web site to help the school evaluate its academic program with the misunderstanding that it would be protected from the public. According to Vice President of Academic Affairs Jack Sites, he believed the information would only be accessible by those people that knew the exact URL of the information. The university is not aware of how long the documents existed online, but officials removed the information as soon as it became aware of the problem.
