Elizabethton City School System Data Breach (2014)

The Johnson City School System faced a similar situation in February when the wrong personal information cards were inadvertently sent home with Woodland Elementary School students. Debra Bentley, the systems supervisor of instruction and communication, said some students in six classes at Woodland were sent home with the wrong emergency cards, which can include students addresses, home telephone numbers and Social Security numbers. The principal asked staff to send students emergency contact cards home in the childrens communication folders, hoping parents would review them and send corrections or updates back to the school, but some cards were put in the wrong folders and went home with the wrong students. The administration later offered to pay for one-year subscriptions to LifeLocks services for each family affected.. Read more: Personal records of all Elizabethton students accidentally emailed to parent | Johnson City Press http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/article/118907/personal-records-of-all-elizabethton-students-accidentally-emailed-to-parent#ixzz3D6VV4VAQ Follow us: @JCPress on Twitter | JohnsonCityPress on Facebook