Princeton Apologizes for Web Breach
Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman apologized yesterday for snooping by at least one Princeton admissions officer into online files of high school seniors who had applied to Ivy League rival Yale University. “Basic principles of privacy and confidentiality are at stake here,” Tilghman wrote in an e-mail to Princeton students and faculty. “Violations of these principles therefore must not, and will not, be tolerated.” Full Story