Solano Community College
Security Incident Prompts Shredding Change at SCC
Quick Facts
- Date: 3/21/2009
- Institution: Solano Community College
- Type of Incident: Unauthorized Disclosure
- Number Affected: Unknown
- Source: DataBreaches.net
- Abstract Source: The Reporter
Abstract
Solano Community College is working to change its shredding policies after a mistake almost exposed student information. Solano staff discovered that a report containing the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of the 2008 graduating class accidentally ended up as scrap paper in a mathematics labs. Staff were able to collect all pages of the report before any of it was used by students. According to Solano Community College Vice President of Technology and Learning Resources that the college has steps to tighten the security of printed documents to help avoid this type of mistake in the future. Solano has notified all affected graduates and has setup a hotline - 707-863-7102 - to help answer questions about the incident.
