Release of employees’ partial Social Security numbers troubles Worcester teachers, School Committee

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Release of employees’ partial Social Security numbers troubles Worcester teachers, School Committee members
March 8, 2019
https://www.telegram.com/news/20190...s-worcester-teachers-school-committee-members

Teachers and School Committee members are looking for answers from the School Department in the wake of the district’s release of personal information for thousands of school employees to a testing company last year.

According to Worcester Superintendent Maureen Binienda, the district’s IT department opted to use the last four digits of employees’ Social Security numbers as a password for their entry to a portal run by a testing company called Renaissance [...]
“It’s not uncommon for the last four digits (of someone’s Social Security number) to be used as a password” instead, he said.
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The teachers union, which also claimed employees’ names were given to the testing company along with their partial Social Security numbers, sees the situation as more of an affront to employee rights.

According to experts, there is risk for personal data theft even when only a part of someone’s Social Security number is released.
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