NV: UNR professor loses flash drive with students' personal information

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071030/NEWS02/710300339/1321/NEWS

A University of Nevada, Reno professor has lost a flash drive that 
contained the names and Social Security numbers of 16,000 current and 
former students, a UNR spokeswoman said today.

The flash drive contained the information of incoming freshmen who 
enrolled in the fall semesters from 2001 through 2007, said Jane Tors of 
UNR's communications department.

That does not include freshmen who enrolled in the spring, transfer 
students or graduate students.

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