Whoa FCPS- data breach
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Anonymous
They want this to go away. And they will minimize and lie to do so. |
Anonymous
At this point, I’m getting angry at FCPS for trying to do a hand wave to make this just go away. “Move along, nothing to see here folks” Do they really think parents will just forget about this over the Christmas break? How dumb do they think we are? |
Anonymous
| 72 hours have passed and was never contacted by FCPS. Disappointing. |
Anonymous
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You won’t hear anything anytime soon. The county was closed yesterday.
This is resulting in more on admin who are already pissed at Reid. Hopefully the trainings involve specially selected people to gather data for FOIAs and not the office staff and SPED teachers. I can picture our document room at school and figured she was just left alone in that room to do as she pleased. And we teachers will be even more careful about what we put in emails- doing as much verbally as we can. |
Anonymous
+1 Why TF does Callie still have that on her website? |
Anonymous
| Reid's email LIED! She said the parent didn't share the info with anyone. Callie admitted giving all the data UNREDACTED to the reporter/think tank. |
Anonymous
Sis, you might want to work on your reading comprehension. Reid never said that in the email. All it says is that parent does not have possession of the student information. Re-read again for yourself. If if says here that Callie, ie “the parent,” did not share the info with anyone, please requote the email below and bold that part. December 21, 2023 Dear FCPS Parent or Caregiver, I am following up with you regarding some important updates related to the inadvertent Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) disclosure to a parent. I also share this correspondence to provide increased clarity regarding the situation. As described below, the Division has taken steps to prevent further disclosure of the information involved in this matter and corrective actions to prevent incidents like this from happening in the future. The parent and their attorney have provided declarations under oath and penalty of perjury stating they have deleted and do not have any of the identifiable student information that was involved in this incident. As we have shared, this incident occurred during an in-person review of documents related to the parent’s own child. At that time, information relating to other current FCPS students was inadvertently and unknowingly made accessible to the parent. Most of the information inadvertently disclosed was contained in spreadsheets that listed a student’s name with few, if any, other details. However, in full transparency and out of an abundance of caution, we officially notified all families of students involved in this inadvertent disclosure. We deeply regret that this incident occurred. The external independent investigation has concluded. As we shared with our community last month, I retained privacy law specialists at the law firm Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC (“Woods Rogers”), to conduct an independent external investigation into this incident and to make recommendations as to any subsequent measures that FCPS could take to protect against an incident like this occurring in the future. Woods Rogers has now concluded its investigation and delivered those findings to me. A summary of those findings, and their recommendations, are available at this link. Immediately after the incident we identified systemic changes that will prevent inadvertent FERPA disclosures such as this one going forward. We are implementing all recommendations advised by the independent investigation to further strengthen FCPS’ privacy protections. We continue to look for ways to improve our privacy programs and welcome you sharing your suggestions with us on this topic. If you received a letter from FCPS stating that your child may have been impacted by the inadvertent disclosure and have any questions, please email privacy@fcps.edu. A staff member will be back in touch with you as soon as possible. We remain committed to safeguarding personal information and will continue to evaluate additional actions to strengthen privacy protections for our students and the data with which we are entrusted. Warmest regards, Michelle Reid |
Anonymous
| So what about the think tank she sent the data too? And why hasn't she taken down the entire page from her website if she's serious about this infraction? |
Anonymous
| It is incredibly dishonest not to tell parents that she gave all the data unredacted to a reporter. |
Anonymous
The RWNJ think tank. This is so stressful. WTF are they going to do with that confidential information. |
Anonymous
Or that she still has plenty of data that can be traced back to individual students up on her website. The email on 12/21 was terrible. |
Anonymous
| Maybe FCPS will finally start to prioritize payments to special ed students? We are now going into 2024 |
Anonymous
+1 They can’t compensate from ills of 2020, yet freely give spreadsheets of personal data to some snooping lady. |
Anonymous
This is not how property law works nor how freedom of speech works. If you accidentally walk off with something that is not yours, it does not become yours. And freedom of speech does not change these basic principles. One's right to speak one's mind does not encompass the right to steal. And playing fast and loose with other children's privacy to muddy up FCPS was never necessary for her to expose her concern. She could have deleted or returned any information and then let everyone know about the privacy breach without actually using the information. For sure, FCPS made a mistake here because they don't have the budget to have corporate-level security, but what she did was intentional and irresponsible. There is no equivalency. |
Anonymous
Oh how wrong you are. Do you even know the history on this? |