A school in Bat Yam dumped students' personal files: "Serious information security case"
The files, which include sensitive information containing psychological assessments of students, were discarded by the educational institution openly and accessible to all.
In response, the school collected the materials, but did not report a security incident as required.
The Privacy Protection Authority in the Ministry of Justice has opened an investigation into the case
Yinon Ben Shoshan
12/01/2022
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 09:53 Updated: 10:56
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The Ministry of Justice began investigating a serious information security case, during which an educational institution in Bat Yam threw personal files of students, including sensitive information about them.
The investigation was opened following a report of a school in Bat Yam, which dumped large amounts of personal files of students.
The files, which included a lot of personal information such as photos, questionnaires, psychological assessments and other personal materials, were discarded openly and accessible to all.
Following the report, the Ministry of Justice addressed representatives of the institution of education and the municipality with a demand to deal with the incident urgently and immediately.
The school in response collected the exposed materials but has not yet forwarded a report of a serious security incident, as required by the Privacy Protection Regulations.
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Personal files including photos, questionnaires and psychological assessments were discarded (Photo: Flash 90, David Cohen)
"The responsibility for the security of information rests with any body of the administrator or holder of information, in order to protect the personal information of the persons on whom he holds information," the Privacy Protection Authority said in the wake of the case. "And even for civil lawsuits by the people about whom the information was leaked, in addition to harming the reputation of the violating body."
The Authority said that it calls on citizens to continue to update it on serious information security incidents by contacting the email box ppa@justice.gov.il, with the subject line indicating "Reporting an information security incident".
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