Email Leaks Ball State Employee Social Security Numbers

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Wed, 2009-02-04 09:29

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Ball State University announced that an email sent to special event employees contained personal information. The email, sent to 91 employees to verify information, contained the Social Security numbers of 19 special event employees. According to the Ball State Associate VP for Marketing and Communications Tony Proudfoot, the Social Security numbers were accidentally entered into the Employee ID field by the employees themselves. The university became aware of the problem within minutes of sending the email as employees began contacting the university. Once notified, Ball State employees went to work requesting email recipients delete the email and contacting the 19 affected individuals to offer to cover any identity theft expenses suffered by the individuals.