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U of Iowa changes policy to protect identities
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:20:47 -0400 (EDT)
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060714/NEWS02/607140380/1004 By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU July 14, 2006 Iowa City, Ia. - The University of Iowa will reduce the use of student Social Security numbers - a change that, had it been implemented earlier, would have lessened the danger of identity theft when a laptop computer was stolen last month. The U of I has warned 280 current and former students in its MBA program to take precautions after a laptop containing their personal information was stolen from a professor's office in Davenport. There is no indication any of the information has been used since the June 30 theft, said Gary Gaeth, associate dean of the Tippie College of Business. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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