Canada: Ryerson software error exposes limited amount of personal information

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2009/23/c2869.html

Ryerson University today initiated a plan to notify individuals whose 
personal information may have been exposed due to an isolated software 
error discovered in the University's Student Administration System (SAS) 
which went live with an upgrade on November 17, 2008.

     Ryerson became aware of the incident when three students voluntarily
contacted the University and provided information about the error in late
December and early January. Collectively, the information of 588 
individuals potentially was exposed when the three students encountered 
the software error. The personal information that may have been viewed 
consisted of a varied combination of name, gender, date of birth, student 
number, mailing address, email address and, in many cases, Social 
Insurance Number.

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