Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News
CBORD: Securing buildings, transactions, and the bottom line. www.cbord.com

Tips for students and protecting valuables

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

With laptops, iPods or other PDAs in the hands of students today, theft can become a serious problem. To help students lock down their stuff, the student newspaper at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., has published a list of theft prevention ideas that students can implement.

Some of the suggestions are simply common sense, such as locking your room and making sure the windows are shut, or password protecting the log-in process for your computer. Others aren’t, such as installing tracking software on your computer, or physically locking your laptop to your desk.

Or you can do like one Seton Hall student does: He has a locked chest in his room where he stores all his valuables.

Read more here[end] 

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.

read more »

Fox News Business has taken a look at university IDs that also double as prepaid cards. Fox dubs the prepaid aspect as “the latest twist on a long tradition of college campus ID cards serving a dual financial purpose.”

read more »

Students at Park Hills, Mo.-based Mineral Area College will be receiving their financial aid refunds faster this year through a prepaid card issued by Central National Bank in Oklahoma.

read more »

India’s Bangalore University will soon launch a smart card-based ID for its students and faculty, reports Daily News & Analysis.

The e-ID will function as an identification and debit card. The university plans to add functions to enable hall tickets, attendance records, report cards and degree certificates.

read more »

Washington D.C. high school and middle school students now need a DC One Card to ride the city’s transit system. The card is a single ID card that gives students access to most D.C. government programs and facilities, including recreation centers, libraries, and the Metro.

read more »

With many states requiring voter ID cards, and if you’re a student, proof of enrollment, some colleges are offering students free cards that will enable them to vote.

read more »