22 October 2019 Issue 368 The official student newspaper of the University of East Anglia | concrete-online.co.uk Established 1992
Student's confidential Interview: Millie Daviss data sent to hundreds Norwich City Women's captain of peers in UEA leak on juggling Chris Matthews, Bryan Mfhaladi and Samuel Woolford Editor-in-Chief, News Editor and Senior Reporter
A UEA lecturer has accidently sent private data about a student’s failed master’s dissertation to hundreds of students. The email, which was sent to all Environmental Sciences students (ENV), was addressed to the master’s student and included extensive and detailed feedback on the student's dissertation. The lecturer emailed close to half an hour later asking ENV students to disregard and delete the email containing
the data leak. This is not the first time UEA has leaked students’ data. In 2016 UEA reported 16 data breaches, of which three were classed as “misdirected email with attachment containing sensitive data”. In early 2017 hundreds of American Studies students had personal data regarding extenuating circumstances leaked via email. The emails contained sensitive personal
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