Vermont State Colleges
Stolen Laptop Contained Information on Vermont State Colleges Students, Staff, Faculty
By Adam Dodge - Posted on March 24th, 2006
Quick Facts
- Date: 3/24/2006
- Institution: Vermont State Colleges
- Type of Incident: Theft
- Number Affected: 20,000
- Source: Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
- Abstract Source: Boston.com(Free Reg. Required)
Abstract
A laptop stolen from the car of Vermont State Colleges' Chief Information Officer (CIO) continued six years of personal information on faculty, staff and current and past students. The computer contained names, address, birth dates and Social Security numbers. As many as 20,000 individuals could have been exposed. VSC has sent out letters out to 50,000 current and former students and employees alerting them to this theft.
Tagged: Vermont State Colleges
• 2006
• Personally Identifying Information
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Social Security Numbers
• Theft
