New York Univ. on defensive after student data appears on Web [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Students' Data on Web, and N.Y.U. on Defensive

By KAREN W. ARENSON
January 10, 2004

Three years ago, when Brian Frank entered New York University, he
signed up for intramural basketball, providing his name and his
university identification number, which was also his Social Security
number.

Yesterday  morning, Mr. Frank, who is now a senior, learned from
N.Y.U. that these details had been posted on the Internet. He was
among about 1,800 N.Y.U. students who received the same e-mail
notification from the university. In some cases, students' phone
numbers were posted, too.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/10/nyregion/10identity.html
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