MD: Missing HCC flash drive contained personal info on 70 DSS clients
January 31, 2009 by admin
Filed under Breach Incidents, Education Sector, Lost or Missing, U.S.
On December 5, Harford Community College learned (pdf) that a flash drive containing personal information had been misplaced by an employee at its WAGE Connection office in Aberdeen, Maryland.
The personal information of 70 Department of Social Service clients participating in the WAGE Connection program was on the missing drive and included their name, social security number, TCA application number, and notations of any “special circumstances.” Many of the clients are HCC students.