Laptop Containing UMN Student Information Stolen from Locked Car
By Adam Dodge - Posted on July 11th, 2007
Quick Facts
- Date: 7/11/2007
- Institution: University of Minnesota
- Type of Incident: Theft
- Number Affected: Unknown
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: The Minnesota Daily
Abstract
The University of Minnesota is alerting students after a laptop containing student grade information was stolen from a professors car during a trip to Palo Alto. The laptop, belonging Elizabeth Beaumont of the political science department, contained the names, e-mail address, internal University IDs and grades for students enrolled in Beaumont's classes from fall 2005 until present. While the University has a policy that all non-public information must be encrypted, 70-80% of the political science laptops, including Beaumont's, have no encryption. The University has plans in place to ensure all political science laptops are encrypted by the end of the summer.
Tagged: University of Minnesota
• 2007
• Educational Information
• Educational Security Incidents (ESI)
• Personally Identifying Information
• Theft
