Williams College

• •The incident was promptly reported to the State Police at the scene
• •The College promptly undertook to determine what personal information was on the laptop
• •The College scanned all of the files that are believed to exist on the stolen laptop to identify all personal information contained in those files
• •The College referenced its alumni and other records to compile address information for all individuals whose personal information is believed to be on the stolen laptop
• •The College is sending notification letters to all those individuals via first-class mail
• •The College also is notifying by email those affected individuals whose email addresses are on record with the College
• •The College has committed to provide identity theft safeguards to the affected individuals at the College’s expense
• •The College has instructed Kroll to provide affected individuals toll-free access to its Consumer Solutions Center, along with twelve months of continuous credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services

• •The College has moved away from using Social Security numbers to identify people
• •The College has been training staff in data protection
• •The College has been cleaning and encrypting laptops
• •The College will further review its policies and procedures and do everything it can to prevent a recurrence

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