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[Dataloss] Canada: Personal data on 28,000 schoolchildren stolen

From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Thu Feb 21 2008 - 12:18:16 CST


http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/02/21/student-breach.html

A laptop computer holding a database with personal information on
thousands of Newfoundland schoolchildren was among several stolen during a
robbery, school officials said Thursday.

The database . with information on 28,000 students, most in the St. John's
area - includes names, addresses, medicare numbers, phone numbers and the
names of guardians, the Eastern School District board said in a statement.

The four laptops were stolen from the district's offices in Atlantic
Place, an office complex in downtown St. John's.

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