CR80News | BYU email error makes student GPAs and IDs public

Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that an email error by a Brigham Young University employee inadvertently caused College of Humanities students GPAs and ID numbers to be sent out school-wide.

While some BYU students worried the information in the email, which was intended for the registrar’s office, could leave them vulnerable to ID theft, officials stressed that the ID numbers are “generated internally” and are not connected with a student’s Social Security number.

It’s more a students’ photo identification. It’s an all-in-one solution for campus access, services and events. The Mountaineer Card, the official campus card for West Virginia University, is an essential part of student life, according to The Daily Athenaeum, the university’s official student newspaper.

Colleges enable campus IDs for ATM debit transactions, California

Students at UC Davis and California State University, Sacramento now have the ability to link their campus ID cards to US Bank and Wells Fargo, respectively, according to the Sacramento Bee.

Lebanese University makes way to campus card use

Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon has completed the first phase of a major project to issue students multi-functional student ID cards, according to a local news source.

Frisco Public Library goes RFID

The Frisco Public Library, Frisco, Tex., reopened last week providing a faster way to check out and check in books and media materials. Volunteers worked for ten days while the library was closed to update more than 145,000 books, DVDs and CDs.

FSCJ taps Higher One for student disbursements

Florida State College at Jacksonville has partnered with technology and payment services provider Higher One to help electronically distribute Financial Aid and other refund disbursements to students.

Professor emails students' SSN by mistake

A professor at the University Wisconsin Milwaukee accidentally sent out a mass e-mail containing the personal information of some 33 former students, according to a campus news report.

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BYU email error makes student GPAs and IDs public