Adam Smith College
Files On Students From Seven Scottish Colleges Lost
Quick Facts
- Date: 1/26/2008
- Institution: Aberdeen College, Adam Smith College, Anniesland College, Barony College, Dundee College, North Highland College, Telford College
- Type of Incident: Loss
- Number Affected: 1,400
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: Scotsman.com
Abstract
The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) announced that several boxes of student data have been lost after being shipped to a research firm by a courier. The boxes contained the names, birth dates, address, telephone numbers, and demographic information on 1,400 students from a number of SFC colleges that had taken part in a voluntary survey. The students came from Aberdeen, Adam Smith, Anniesland, Barony, Dundee, North Highland and Telford colleges. While the survey forms did not include any bank or national insurance information, Dr. David Everett of data-security firm Microexpert, said "It is significant. If you have people's names, addresses and dates of birth it is a start, and the more information you have the more you can do with it." Students concerned about this incident can call the SFC at 0131-270-6056.
