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<P class=storytext>The University of Akron has informed 800 students and
graduates of the College of Education that a portable hard drive containing
personal information is missing and may have been discarded or destroyed in
December.</P>
<P class=storytext>The university said the device contained Social Security
numbers, names and addresses of students and graduates.</P>
<P class=storytext>Dr. Cynthia Capers, interim dean of the College of Education,
said UA felt it was essential to notify students and graduates even though ''we
believe this incident puts them at low risk of identity theft.''</P>
<P class=storytext>Students and graduates received Federal Trade Commission
guidelines to help guard against identity theft and a UA phone numbers and Web
address to ask additional questions.</P>
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<P class=storytext>Michael Hill <BR>Certified Identity Theft Risk Management
Specialist<BR>IDT Consultants<BR>404-216-3751</P>
<P class=storytext><BR><FONT color=#008000 size=3><STRONG><EM>"If You Think
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