A laptop was stolen from P.K. Yonge Development Research School last month. It contained private data of 8300 current and former students and employees. P.K. Yonge is a kindergarten-through-grade-12 laboratory school affiliated with University of Florida’s College of Education.
The data on the laptop comprised of employee payroll, employee parking permit and student information dating back to 2000 and included names, Social Security numbers and, in some cases, Florida driver’s license numbers. Though, the officials have confirmed that no student academic or medical records were on the computer.
The school officials have started notifying the affected people of the data breach. So far they have sent letters to 841 people explaining that their information was compromised in the theft.
“We regret that this incident occurred and are working diligently to notify the people who may be impacted by this theft,” P.K. Yonge Director Fran Vandiver said.
The laptop was stolen on 23rd July from a rental car of an employee in San Francisco. The incident was immediately reported to the California Police and later to the University of Florida Police Department. Though the files on the laptop were password protected, but encryption software was not installed on the Laptop.
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