Ryerson University
Boxes Containing Sensitive Ryerson University Documents Left In Empty, Unlocked Offices
Quick Facts
- Date: 10/14/2008
- Institution: Ryerson University
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: Unknown
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: The Eyeopener Online
Abstract
Ryerson University is currently investigating how boxes containing sensitive documents could have been left unsecured in empty offices. The boxes, located in Kerr Hall South, contained payroll stubs, student numbers, grades, exams, staff tenure reports, and resumes. The boxes themselves contained labels such as "shred" and "confidential". The offices where the boxes were found were last used by the industrial engineering department in late 2007. According to Heather Driscoll, the university's FIPPA coordinator, it doesn't matter if the university can tell definitively whether or not anyone read the documents. For Driscoll the problem is that the documents were left unsecured in the first place.
Student ID, Grade Leak Sparks Student Complaints at Ryerson
Quick Facts
- Date: 3/13/2007
- Institution: Ryerson University
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: Unknown
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: The Eyeopener
Abstract
Ryerson University students lodged complains last week that certain Ryerson Web sites and e-mails sent by professors violated Canada's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). These sites contained listing of student names, student ID number and grades. Posting grades with student ID numbers (with the last 2 digits removed) in public forums is a regular occurrence. However, it is the inclusion of student names along with full student ID numbers that spark student complaints. Ryerson general counsel and secretary to the Board of Governors Julia Hanigsberg urges all students to immediately notify the university if they notice anything they are concerned about.
