School district sold computers with personal information

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http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/16109822.htm

The Greenville County School District sold computers that contained
Social Security numbers and birthdates for roughly 100,000 students
and at least 1,000 employees, according to a district official and the
buyers' attorney.

The two buyers never released the information found in computers they
bought at a dozen school district auctions between 1999 and last
March, but worry about other computers sold, their attorney David
Gantt told The Greenville News. The businessmen went public about
their findings after the district repeatedly ignored their warnings
and continued to sell computers without removing the data, Gantt told
the newspaper.

[...]

Discovered data included addresses, phone numbers, medical
information, personnel evaluations, driver's license numbers and
Department of Juvenile Justice records, Gantt said.

[...]

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