# The Stolen College Campus Laptop
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [April 26, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454 "2008-04-26T08:12:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@AndyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AndyB)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/1 "2008-04-26T08:12:40Z")
Ok, so this morning I am watching the news and everyday it seems like more and more college students are effected by how their idenity can be at risk now that the laptop with all their information was stolen from a Buffalo Campus. So far Fredonia, Buff State and a couple communitie colleges are now at risk. BUT today I find out the students that attended Jamestown Community College from 2001-2003 are at risk. WTF!!! Why are my records and idenity from 7 years ago being carried around on a laptop at schools that I had nothing to do with? I never applied or went to any of the SUNY Buffalo schools so why are my records being carried around there? I understand that they are all SUNY schools but there is no reason for my information to be on this or any other LAPTOP. Why are my files out in the open like that? I am already starting to talk to my lawyer incase anything starts to go wrong with my personal idenity.
[http://www.wgrz.com/news/news\_article.aspx?storyid=57213](http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=57213)
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/2 "2008-04-26T08:21:35Z")
Call up the CBRs and request a fraud alert.
It is free, and all three of them do it. It means you have to authorize any credit pulls with the CBRs themselves.
Its not hard to do, at all.
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### Author:  [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/3 "2008-04-26T08:21:37Z")
shitty, I hope Alfred St is not affected
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/4 "2008-04-26T08:22:14Z")
IIRC it was all SUNY campuses, but I’m not sure. You should prolly read the article.
edit -
> “I know there are 12 SUNY campuses that were located on the back-up drive of this computer,” she said.
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### Author:  [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/5 "2008-04-26T08:51:36Z")
Storing important NPI data on a hard-drive of a laptop like that is just plain idiotic in this day and age.
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### Author:  [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/6 "2008-04-26T08:54:08Z")
Hm. I had somebody use my (now old) debit card number to make online purchases earlier this month. They may be related.
I didn’t notice the link until after i received the nice, professional letter from NCCC.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/7 "2008-04-26T08:55:39Z")
“Hey we’re like totally sorry, we totally like lost all your personal information. We’re really totally like sorry.”
I love how stupid our fucking society is.
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### Author:  [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/8 "2008-04-26T09:09:29Z")
Suny Brockport is another…
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### Author:  [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/9 "2008-04-26T09:58:44Z")
What is a CBR?
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### Author:  [@zero\_assault](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zero_assault)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/10 "2008-04-26T10:01:16Z")
> [@StrokedZ28](#):
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> What is a CBR?
credit bureau report
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### Author:  [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/11 "2008-04-26T11:28:35Z")
Goddammit, how hard is it to encrypt the damn drive.
I know thats still not a real solution, but it’ll dissuade your average jackass.
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### Author:  [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/12 "2008-04-26T14:56:58Z")
in this day and age there is no reason for that to be stored on a laptop. There is no excuse for that garbage.
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### Author:  [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/13 "2008-04-26T15:36:56Z")
legal rights?
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/14 "2008-04-26T18:17:47Z")
none, most likely. There is alot of precedence for this type of lossage.
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### Author:  [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/15 "2008-04-26T18:24:21Z")
that really sucks, Im glad some company can take charge of and lose my most precious personal info and I can’t even take legal recourse if something happens to my identity…
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### Author:  [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/16 "2008-04-27T09:33:20Z")
yup I know all about it, the guy that got it stolen doesn’t work for the company anymore
this guy worked under my dad, well not anymore lol
the company works with tons of different colleges, not just suny
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/17 "2008-04-27T10:41:40Z")
> [@Jim1234664](#):
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> that really sucks, Im glad some company can take charge of and lose my most precious personal info and I can’t even take legal recourse if something happens to my identity…
Oh I dont know for sure, you should look into it either way.
The catch is that with pretty much any docs you sign, you’re giving “ownership” (for lack of a better word ATM) of your info to that company. Which is why alot of commercial companies can resell your data for marketing purposes unless you specify otherwise.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/18 "2008-04-27T11:04:07Z")
SUNY Fredonia?
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### Author:  [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/19 "2008-04-27T12:49:53Z")
> [@Skurge](#):
>
> yup I know all about it, the guy that got it stolen doesn’t work for the company anymore
>
> this guy worked under my dad, well not anymore lol
>
> the company works with tons of different colleges, not just suny
Since it sounds like you have a little inside info I’ll ask you this: Is it common practice for SunGard to take student data off site and/or carry it around on an unencrypted laptop drive? Or was this a unique incident where this employee broke policy.
I wonder if FERPA has any guidance over this.
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### Author:  [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stolen-college-campus-laptop/47454/20 "2008-04-27T21:56:52Z")
> [@Matt Danger](#):
>
> Since it sounds like you have a little inside info I’ll ask you this: Is it common practice for SunGard to take student data off site and/or carry it around on an unencrypted laptop drive? Or was this a unique incident where this employee broke policy.
>
> I wonder if FERPA has any guidance over this.
i’d have to ask, i’m not really sure what they carry around with them
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