Pomona
Cal Poly Pomona Applicant Information Online For Five Years
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.
Excel File Containing Student Information Found Online
Quick Facts
- Date: 12/4/2008
- Institution: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: 675
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: Pasadena Star-News
Abstract
Cal Poly Pomona is working to alert former students after a file containing personal information was found online. The file, an excel spreadsheet, contained the names, address, phone numbers and Social Security numbers on 675 former Cal Poly Pomona student applicants from 2001. The file was discovered after a former Cal Poly Pomona did a Google search for his name. An investigation by the university found that the breach was unintentional and the file had mistakenly been placed in a publicly accessible folder. According to the university, there is not evidence that anyone other then the student who discovered the file had accessed this information.
