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Harvard Law Warns Legal Services Clients of Lost Personal Data
Posted Nov 6, 2008 10:28 AM CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Harvard Law School is warning thousands of clients at one of its legal services clinics that it has lost a backup computer tape containing Social Security numbers and other personal data.
A technician lost the tape on the subway, the Boston Globe reports.
The tape from the school’s legal clinic in Jamaica Plain contained Social Security numbers of about 8,000 clients and personal information for about 13,000 others, spokesman Robert London told the newspaper.
London said identity theft is unlikely because the database is password protected and cannot be read without special equipment. The school will pay for a credit monitoring service for one year for those whose Social Security numbers were on the tapes.
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B. McLeod
Nov 11, 2008 10:30 AM CST
I VISITED the Harvard campus once, back in the 70’s. There was a nice, OLD churchyard there, and the RESTROOMS were really nice, with a lot of MARBLE and BRASS. But, when I see stories like this, I UNDERSTAND why Ellen Barshevsky decided NOT to attend their LLM program.
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Carla
Nov 11, 2008 4:45 PM CST
But for the grace of God, there go I. Who of us has not misplaced something? Instead of acting as if you are above making an INNOCENT mistake, perhaps we should all take a look at ourselves. I think the law school is to be commended for coming forward with the information. Shit happens, people. Get over it and get on with it. This was a wake up call for my office where we are now learning from this unfortunate experience and setting up more safety precautions.
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