Cal Poly Pomona Applicant Information Online For Five Years
Submitted by Adam Dodge on Sun, 2009-11-15 20:00
Quick Facts
- Date: 11/15/2009
- Institution: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 355
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: LA Times
Abstract
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona recently announced that a mistake exposed the personal information of former applicants online. The information, available online for five years, included names and Social Security numbers of 355 applicants from 2003. According to the university, the information was mistakenly placed in a publicly accessible folder in November 2003. The file was removed in November 2008, but the data remained in search engine caches and indexes. Cal Poly Pomona became aware that this information was still, in part, available when a former student discovered his own information while searching Google.