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

From: Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 07:27:22 PST

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