Google shock for Los Rios

[Dissent <Dissent () pogowasright org>]

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/133870.html

A community college student who was "Googling" himself last month 
found some disconcerting information when he typed his name into the 
popular Internet search engine.

A Los Rios Community College District database popped up that 
included his name, birth date and Social Security number. The file 
also contained data on about 2,000 other students.

[...]


In the case of Los Rios, staff members were testing a new online 
application system and "just grabbed some files" to upload, said 
Williams, the college spokeswoman.

"Google had come along and indexed this little test batch," Williams 
said. "The data was on what we thought was a secure part of our Web server."

The data involved 2,000 of the school's 78,000 students.

That was in October. More than three months had passed before a Los 
Rios student contacted the school about finding the personal data 
file on Google.

[...]


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