Lake County data leak: Thousands of student records mistakenly released

The Lake County School Board filed a lawsuit against a parent after an employee mistakenly shared the confidential education and disability records of approximately 47,000 students. The district is asking a judge for an injunction to force the permanent destruction of the files.Lake County records lawsuitOn Sept. 14, a parent requested public records from the district. An employee fulfilling the request on Oct. 23 accidentally uploaded eight unredacted files containing sensitive data instead of the redacted versions.The files contained education records, individual educational plans and disability information for tens of thousands of students. School board attorney Scott Cole said Monday the mistake happened during a routine request and the district immediately contacted the parent to ask him to destroy the data.District seeks court injunctionIt is unclear when the circuit court will rule on the district's request for an injunction. The school board is asking for the parent to permanen