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Oh, it's insane and I recoiled when she mentioned that. But it is 100% happening. People do amazingly stupid things with systems, especially when they don't h
by Mezzie 5mo ago
Oh, it's insane and I recoiled when she mentioned that.
But it is 100% happening.
People do amazingly stupid things with systems, especially when they don't have enough people with the expertise to set them up properly, so they just throw things in there without stopping to think about whether or not it's a good idea.
- SoftTalker 5mo agoSo, a particular school system decided to add SSN to the student profile? Or Canvas requires it?
- Mezzie 5mo agoIt's not required. I don't know precisely what her district is doing or why - I don't work there But she unprompted brought up that a lot of the minors' PII was in there including SSNs.
- SoftTalker 5mo agoIt would be nice if system owners stopped thinking "we'll just ask for all the info in case we need it" and instead "we might get sued (or ransomed, or both) because we are collecting this."
- saghm 5mo agoI'm guessing that Canvas just sort of lets you put in whatever data you want, and someone evidently decided that putting the student's SSNs in there made sense...