Dear Parent/Guardian, eligible students and former students:
In accordance with State Education Law 2-d we are required to notify you when a third-party contractor that receives student data or teacher or principal data pursuant to a contract or written agreement with us had an unauthorized release of such data. As such, this notice is to inform you that Illuminate Education, an educational software company which products are used in our school district/charter school, has informed us that some databases containing potentially protected student information were subject to unauthorized access between December 28, 2021, and January 8, 2022. The Illuminate Education products used by the New York City Department of Education.
According to Illuminate Education the affected databases included names, demographic and academic information. The data accessed pertains to the following time period: between December 28, 2021, and January 8, 2022.
Affected current students and former students for which we have contact information will receive a letter with more information on the information accessed. If you are a former student and would like additional information, please contact Illuminate Education’s dedicated assistance line at (833) 749-1673, Monday through Friday from 9am — 9pm EST so that we may send you a letter with additional information on the data accessed.
Student privacy is of the utmost importance to our school and we are therefore monitoring this incident closely and will keep you apprised if there are changes to the situation.
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