Like big businesses, schools gather a lot of data. Unlike big businesses, they don’t have many IT and security resources to protect that information. Schools collect names and birth dates, social security numbers, discipline records and health records. With this data, thieves can create fake online identities, or sell the students’ information and identities.
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Geoff Fletcher saysOutstanding contribution on an underreported topic that should be of..
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Doug Levin saysVia https://anonymousemail.
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Doug Levin saysThanks for the tip. Bloomington is #12 on the list.
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Chris Williams saysYou can add Bloomington Public Schools in Bloomington, MN. http://..
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Doug Levin saysMy thanks to William Ian O'Byrne (http://wiobyrne.com/) for his thou..
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Chris saysVery nice post Doug. I really like the idea of transparency. The rol..