DeVry Campus Ordered To Change Procedures After Identity Theft
By Adam Dodge - Posted on March 7th, 2008
Quick Facts
- Date: 3/7/2008
- Institution: DeVry Institute of Technology, Calgary Campus
- Type of Incident: Theft
- Number Affected: 1
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: Calgary Herald
Abstract
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner recently ordered the Calgary campus of the DeVry Institute of Technology to stop photocopying student identification. The order came after an investigation into a complaint turned up that the institution routinely made multiple photocopies of student identification for use in future loan applications. Investigators discovered that one such copy was used by a criminal to obtain a line of credit at a furniture story in the name of a DeVry student. This student was responsible for the initial complaint which launched the investigation. DeVry was ordered stop making the photocopies, move loan documents to a central location, and install better security.
Tagged: DeVry Institute of Technology
• 2008
• Financial Information
• Personally Identifying Information
• Pogo Was Right
• Social Security Numbers
• Theft
