RegardingID Archive | Internet information doesn't fade away, as Texas university discovers

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Internet isn’t like paper. It doesn’t yellow with age, disintegrate or get lost. Somewhere, the information you may have posted–or may have been posted for you without your knowledge–is still available.

That’s what a Texas A&M professor discovered with an old Excel spread sheet that had been used to organize grades 10 years ago. The students’ names and partial Social Security numbers were still up there, ideal ingredients for ID theft. As this article in the university’s student newspaper pointed out, “The past was still available to be robbed by the present, and it took the University 10 years to realize it.”

Personal information of 9,000 current and prospective students was inadvertently posted online by Valencia College in Orlando. The school has apologized for the mistake.

The information included the students’ names, addresses, dates of birth and student ID numbers but not their Social Security numbers or financial information.

U.S. Bank partners with Hamline University

A new partnership between Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minn. and U.S. Bank will enable the school to offer enhanced banking services to its students, faculty and staff through the school’s campus ID card.

Computer server at University of Maine hacked

Social Security numbers and credit card information of 2,818 users of a University of Maine computer server may have fallen into the hands of hackers, according to university officials.

University of Arizona upgrades campus card

The University of Arizona, Tucson, has rolled out a new campus card that includes contactless functionality. The new CatCard will be given to incoming students during student orientation and will be able to do the same things current CatCards can. However, existing students, if they want to upgrade, will have to fork over $25.

Texas agency deploys NEC criminal ID solution

The Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) has deployed NEC’s IntegraID Mobile Identification Solution (Mobile ID) for use by all Texas law enforcement agencies to quickly search the Texas DPS repository for real time positive identification.

University of Maryland student data displayed online

Information for 1,600 freshmen and sophomores in the College Park Scholars program at the University of Maryland was inadvertently posted to a public Web site, university officials said.

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Internet information doesn't fade away, as Texas university discovers