Maine Department of Education halts collection of Social Security Numbers after breach

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Date Reported:

9/28/10

Organization:

State of Maine

Contractor/Consultant/Branch:

Department of Education

Infinite Campus, Inc.

Location:

Online/Various

Victims:

Students and/or staff members

Number Affected:

Undisclosed/Undetermined*

*There are more than 200,000 K-12 students in public and private schools across the state of Maine.

Types of Data:

Personal information, including Social Security numbers

Breach Description:

“AUGUSTA The Maine Department of Education is telling school districts not to submit students’ Social Security numbers to a state database until it works out a system error that gave a school technology director access to restricted information.”