[Dataloss] U of Iowa changes policy to protect identities

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By ERIN JORDAN
REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU

July 14, 2006

Iowa City, Ia. - The University of Iowa will reduce the use of student 
Social Security numbers - a change that, had it been implemented earlier, 
would have lessened the danger of identity theft when a laptop computer 
was stolen last month.

The U of I has warned 280 current and former students in its MBA program 
to take precautions after a laptop containing their personal information 
was stolen from a professor's office in Davenport. There is no indication 
any of the information has been used since the June 30 theft, said Gary 
Gaeth, associate dean of the Tippie College of Business.

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