[Dataloss] 4000 students ssn exposed in williamson county TN

[McDermott, Michael S]

Michael,

In answer to your question, most identity theft services can monitor a
minor's SSN and their credit report for any activity. 

Minors do suffer from identity theft in the same ways as the majority.
In fact some of the most despicable identity theft occurs from
unscrupulous parents when they max out their own personal credit
"identity" and move on to the misuse of their child's. In these
occasions the minor usually has to petition for a name change and a new
SSN in order to obtain a fresh start as a member of the adult
population.

So yes, minors do still carry the burden of cleaning up their credit,
medical and criminal records as tarnished by the identity thief. If
available in your state, the strongest protection for your child's
financial identity would be to request a freeze of their credit records
until they reach majority status. Again, the parents have to take a
significant role to protect their children from criminal malfeasance. 


Regards,
M McDermott CITRMS
Data Security Manager 
Reynolds and Reynolds
Phone: 1 (937) 485-9829

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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [Dataloss] 4000 students ssn exposed in williamson county
TN

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


Michael Hill | T3i
Director Risk Management & Compliance
Direct: 404.216.3751 | mhill at T3i.com |
www.T3i.com
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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


> 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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