OH: Students' Social Security Numbers Found In Dumpster

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http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/Students-Social-Security-Numbers-Found-In-Dumpster/V-rtXHETi02hT93v3kGdjw.cspx

You expect a school to protect your child's private information, but one 
local school admits it slipped up and is in the process of working to be 
sure it never happens again.

The Warren County Virtual school is based in Lebanon.

The people who run the school for at-risk students say they don't know how 
a list that includes students. social security numbers got out of the 
building without being shredded.

[.]

Stout and his co-workers say they found the list which has more than 140 
students. names, addresses, social security numbers and birth dates 
listed. Their parents names are on there, too.

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