Just a few years ago, students who applied for financial aid would receive a check for the non-tuition portion of their aid. This portion of financial aid is meant to pay for books, room and board, and other education related...
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Most of the time, when I talk about data breaches I'm telling you about some large company that's had customer information stolen or a hospital that has had patient records and insurance claim numbers compromised. I've said before that anyone...
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A series of independent reports have revealed that the number of student loan defaults is rising at a pace faster than the national consumer credit card debt level. The cost of a college education is also rising sharply.These kind of...
University of North Florida officials are advising anyone who applied to enroll at the school between 2007 and 2010 to keep a close eye on their credit reports and banking information and have set up a telephone hotline and email...
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, students and faculty in colleges nationwide continue to discover they've been put at risk for identity theft when told their personal information may have been compromised in a university data breach. Whether the...
Since July 2009, an estimated 72 data breaches in 30 states have been reported, according to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. Privacy Right's web site shows that in approximately 88 percent of these instances, a student or individual's SSN was exposed. These...
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It is probably no surprise to parents that identity theft continues to be the fastest growing type of fraud. But what may surprise students and parents alike -is that people in the 18 to 29 age range are the fastest...
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