[Dataloss] 4000 students ssn exposed in williamson county TN

[Al Mac Wheel]

I am not a legal beagle, just a normal opinionated geek.

Minors are supposed to be guided by parents, teachers, etc. "it takes a 
village" to learn responsible behavior, but are not legally accountable for 
many things until they are adults, or penalties are muted for 
juveniles.  Like all of humanity, they can be victims, and they can be 
criminals.

With the permission of the adults who are responsible for minors, any 
number of services can be provided on their behalf.

It does not matter if juveniles or their adult supervisors are responsible 
or not, anyone can be a crime victim, and anyone can suffer the 
consequences of their records getting messed up, even though they 
themselves are blameless with respect to bad info in the records.

>Maybe you legal beagles out there can answer this.  I think I know the
>answers to these questions, but want to see what others are saying.
>Can an identity theft services monitor minors?
>Are minors responsible for what happens to their credit, driving record,
>medical record, background/criminal record, SSN being altered or stolen?
>
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Henry Brown" <hbrown at knology.net>
>To: <dataloss at attrition.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:39 PM
>Subject: [Dataloss] 4000 students ssn exposed in williamson county TN
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> > http://www.wsmv.com/news/16843341/detail.html
> >
> > Students' Personal Info May Be Compromised
> >
> > FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Parents in Williamson County are getting phone calls
> > warning them that their children's identities may have been compromised.
> >
> > Last August, a Williamson County school system employee mistakenly
> > posted the Social Security numbers of some students on a private Web site.
> >
> > Officials said that it's believed as many as 15 percent of students who
> > were in the third grade through eighth grade in 2006 may be affected.
> > This number is about 4,000 students that could be affected.
> >
> > It's not clear if any of those Social Security numbers were misused.
> >
> > The school system is investigating, and a representative said they plan
> > to update parents within the next few days.
> >
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