[Dataloss] TX: KHS mail mix-up prompts identity theft concerns
lyger
lyger at attrition.org
Fri Aug 15 19:43:29 UTC 2008
http://www.kellercitizen.com/101/story/10750.html
When the Silva family received a mailing from Keller High School last
week, they didn.t think it would be anything unusual.
Upon opening it, Apollo and Marsha Silva found two enrollment forms. One
was an emergency-care authorization form for their son, Anthony, 15, an
incoming sophomore. But the other was a student-information form
containing a classmate.s social security number, student ID number, home
address, phone number and contact information for his parents at home and
at work.
They quickly realized that their son.s private information, which they
used to set up his college fund and other accounts, was mailed to someone
else.
[.]
The high school has received about 45 phone calls from families who
received the wrong paperwork, a spokeswoman for the Keller school district
said Tuesday.
[...]
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