http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...8082002147.html
Officials for the 165,700-student system received a copy of the files yesterday to check the extent of the breach. They said they planned to contact parents whose children might have had information on the unprotected site. After a preliminary analysis, it appeared that fewer than 300 students were affected, said Paul Regnier, a Fairfax schools spokesman.
This e-mail message was sent to school board:
My daughter's info (mailing address, school, age, scores, etc) was one of them released by Princeton Review. I got a hard-to-hear recording from FCPS about this so I can not even call the number listed. We have been getting a lot of junk mail addressed to my daughter so someone has gotten hold of her information. I do not want her taking any more standardized tests from that company. County should look at canceling contract with Princeton Review.
What is my recourse in this? I wondered why we started getting a lot of junk mail addressed to school from student "help" companies since my daughter has not signed up for any of the SAT/school stuff yet. When semester starts I am telling school my daughter is not taking any test by Princeton and they need to provide an alternate company no matter what contract they have.
I posted this on Washington Post in response to article:
My daughter was one of those students and we got a vague, hard-to-hear recording from Fairfax County. Now she gets a lot of junk mail from Student "Help" companies. The company ought to be suspended from business from Fairfax County.