(Well, I guess they're not blaming the student for 'hacking' or 'terrorism' in this case for a change....rf)
Blame game Schools file injunction; Google denies fault BY LAUREN WILLIAMSON Record Staff Writer Saturday, June 24, 2006 http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Common%2FMGArticle%2FPr intVersion&c=MGArticle&cid=1149188715340 Catawba County Schools took aim at Google Friday. The system filed an injunction against the Internet search engine The temporary injunction, granted by the Honorable Richard D. Boner, calls for Google to remove any information pertaining to Catawba County Schools Board of Education from its server and index and alleges conversion and trespass against the corporation. In short, schools say Google grabbed information they shouldn¹t have. Google says they are wrong. Either way, the names, Social Security numbers and test scores of 619 students were still bouncing around the Web for people with computers to find and read until late Friday, when the page was apparently removed. Catawba County Schools chief technology officer Judith Ray said her department removed the file from its storage server Friday. They are also working to delete any other electronic files that may contain Social Security numbers or other secure student information. The information was stored in the system¹s DocuShare server, which required a username and password to access, Ray said. ³One of the students on the list had a presence on the Web,² she said. ³In Google¹s effort to get information on her, one of its spiders latched onto her name in this document. We were not aware that password-protected sites are set up like that. To our knowledge, Google could only cache unsecure information that did not require a password or username.² She¹s right, Barry Schnitt, Google spokesman, said. ³If there is a password, we cannot access or cache the site,² Schnitt said. While the argument between the school system and Google continues, parents are voicing their own frustrations. The central office received more than 50 calls from concerned parents and relatives Friday, said public information officer Beverly Lampe. One parent shared with Lampe that her daughter has been a victim of identity theft within the last year. The young woman¹s name is on the list of 619 students. Letters were mailed Friday to the parents of students whose name and information is floating on the Internet, alerting them to the situation. Markley said information for parents is also available on the school system¹s Web site. ³We have very secure systems here,² Markley said. ³There are other private businesses and companies that don¹t, so parents should be watching those as well.² On the Net: www.catawba.k12.nc.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Infowarrior mailing list [email protected] https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/infowarrior
