Texas Woman's University
University Transmits 15,000 Tax Forms Over Non-Secured Connection
Quick Facts
- Date: 12/22/2006
- Institution: Texas Woman's University
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 15,000
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: The Dallas Morning News
Abstract
Texas Woman's University alerted all 15,000 students that were enrolled during the 2005 calendar year at the university's Denton, Dallas and Houston campuses to the possibility that their personal information was exposed this week. It seems the university transmitted all of these students' IRS 1098-T Tuition Statement information to an authorized vendor over an unsecured connection. While the university does not have any evidence that this information was exposed to an unauthorized party, officials point out that the university is aware of the potential for such and is taking the matter quite seriously. TWU has setup a both a "Data Exposure Response Hotline", 940-898-3840, and a "Data Exposure Response" web site, http://www.twu.edu/response/index.asp.
