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<DIV>Barb, who asked that her last name not be used, frequently types her name
into a search engine on the Internet to see where it might show up. It's one way
to safeguard against identity theft.<BR> What she found
earlier this month shocked her.<BR> Barb, a Westminster
College alumna, found her name and the names of about 100 other students, former
and current, printed in two files along with each student's Social Security
number.<BR> "It was very alarming," she said.<BR>
The files were on a student Web server used by Westminster
students. The server is provided as a service by the college mostly for students
to store items such as class projects.<BR> When Westminster
was made aware of the situation, school executive director of communications
Laura Murphy said the files were removed immediately.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>The college says it has taken several steps to remedy the situation and to
determine what happened so there's no chance of a repeat.<BR>
Although the investigation was still continuing Saturday, Murphy said it
appeared initially the posting of the Social Security numbers was the result of
someone's innocent mistake. She also noted the files were not in an area easily
accessible by non-students, she said.<BR> However, she said
the situation was being taken seriously.<BR> "We regret any
inconvenience this may cause. We will do our best to make sure that information
is safe-guarded," she said. "It's information that needs to be held in
trust."<BR> Murphy did not know how long that information
may have been posted.<BR> Furthermore, she said all of the
students on the list had been contacted and Westminster had agreed to pay for
credit monitoring to make sure no one obtained critical personal information and
was trying to use it.<BR> As of Saturday there had been no
reports of any of the information from the students on that list being
compromised.</DIV>
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