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ONC publishes certification rule, triggers comment period
Explore Article healthcareitnews.com (12 hours, 47 min ago) Consumer , Government , Healthcare , Compliance
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology published its proposed rule on certification of electronic health records on Tuesday in the Federal Register, launching the comment period. David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, unveiled the rule on March 2 at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society's annual conference in Atlanta. (Read Full Article)
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College Students Targeted for Identity Theft
Explore Article Valley Star (15 hours, 47 min ago) Consumer , Corporate , Higher Ed , ID Theft Prevention
Students are often told to protect themselves from dangerous situations, but now they have to worry about their identity exponentially more everyday. According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is the largest consumer complaint. The FTC complaint study shows that the bracket for 18-29 year olds accounts for 24 percent of all...
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Medical Records the Latest Target for ID Thieves
Explore Article CBN.com (15 hours, 49 min ago) Consumer , Healthcare , Medical Identity Theft
Health insurance is becoming a new target for identity thieves. Anndorie Sachs is one victim. She had no idea her medical identity had been stolen until the phone rang -- and Child Protective Services was on the line. "They stated I was under investigation because the baby I just had tested positive for methamphetamine," Sachs recalled. But... (Read Full Article)
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Steps that can protect a deceased loved ones files from identity theft
Explore Article cleveland.com (15 hours, 51 min ago) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention
Identity thieves occasionally exploit the credit files and personal information of the deceased. Take these steps after a loved one's death to reduce the chances of that happening... (Read Full Article)
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Utah State Legislature ID Law
Explore Article The State Column (15 hours, 57 min ago) Government , Compliance
House Bill 387, sponsored by Rep. Eric Hutchings, R-Kearns, would add links and resources to the Identity Theft Information System (IRIS) and would assist victims of identity theft, especially children. The bill focuses on securing the social security numbers and it would allow parents to take proactive steps to protect their children's identi... (Read Full Article)
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Stolen laptop exposes employees names, addresses, including some Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, codes and expiration dates
Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Mar 10 2010) Consumer , Lastest Data Breaches
Arrow Electronics Inc data loss incident circa 2010-03-03 (Read Full Article)
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Stolen laptop exposes clients names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health information
Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Mar 10 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention , Lastest Data Breaches
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans data loss incident circa 2010-03-10 (Read Full Article)
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LifeLock Settles FTC Charges For $12 Million
Explore Article InformationWeek (Mar 10 2010) Consumer , Government , ID Theft Prevention
The FTC complaint alleged that the firm's identity theft protection and data security claims were false. (Read Full Article)
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FTC: ID theft firm made bogus claims
Explore Article mcall.com (Mar 10 2010) Consumer , Corporate
LifeLock will pay $12 million to settle complaints that it didn't deliver on its promises. It turns out those iron-clad identity-theft protection guarantees by the company featured in ads that prominently displayed the company CEO's Social Security number are not quite that iron-clad at all. (Read Full Article)
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Fears of increased identity fraud as bankruptcy goes online
Explore Article home - Debt Management Today (Mar 10 2010) Consumer , Government , ID Theft Prevention
The introduction of a new online system for bankruptcy petitions has raised concerns that fraudsters may use the system for criminal activity. (Read Full Article)
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Europe Starts To Crack Down On Retail Data Collection
Explore Article StorefrontBacktalk (Mar 10 2010)
As Google—which has been toying with capturing retailers' in-store images for its search database—and mobile projects have been pushing the data-capture envelope, retailers have been able to sit back and think of 100 ways to use that data once it's organized and made accessible. Even the petabytes of free CRM data floating around in social sites are starting to be spidered and analyzed, not to mention payment cards designed for data-sharing and even more wacky ideas.But we have now seen the first concrete government effort to slow down that data flow, and it comes from European Union data privacy regulators. ... (Read Full Article)
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Overpaying For PCI Compliance
Explore Article StorefrontBacktalk (Mar 10 2010) Compliance
Are you paying too much to validate your PCI compliance? It’s possible, even likely, that you are, suggests PCI Columnist Walt Conway. The reason is not that your QSA is too expensive or that PCI is too demanding. Rather, the reason many merchants pay too much is that they forget PCI Requirement 0. You don’t know Requirement 0? It says: Minimize Your PCI Scope.Failing to comply with Requirement 0 may be due to inertia or ignorance or both. Regardless of the reason, the result is excessive and unnecessary spending on people, process and technology, together with a lot of frustration. (Read Full Article)
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VA investigating security breach of veterans' medical data
Explore Article Nextgov.com (Mar 9 2010) Consumer , Government , Data Breach
In violation of department policies, physician assistant allegedly conducted an unauthorized download of two sets of clinical records in an attempt to conduct research, according to sources.
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LifeLock Will Pay $12 Million to Settle Charges by the FTC and 35 States That Identity Theft Prevention and Data Security Claims Were False
Explore Article Federal Trade Commission (Mar 9 2010) Consumer , Compliance , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention , Medical Identity Theft
LifeLock, Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying the CEO’s Social Security number on the side of a truck. (Read Full Article)
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Trio charged with ripping off gas customers
Explore Article scmagazineus.com (Mar 9 2010) Consumer
Three California men each are facing two dozen charges for running a sophisticated identity theft ring which netted them nearly $2 million, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced Monday. Albert Jose Gonzalez, 39, of Lancaster, Josue Gustavo Albizuras, 42, of Los Angeles and Cesar Vasquez Echeverria, 28, of Santa Clarita installed skimmer devices on computerized pay pumps at gas stations to steal customers' credit and debit card information. The men, who have pleaded innocent, were arrested Feb. 25 after a three-year investigation by members of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the FBI. — AM (Read Full Article)
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Trio charged in ripping off gas customers
Explore Article scmagazineus.com (Mar 9 2010) Consumer
Three California men each are facing two dozen charges for running a sophisticated identity theft ring which netted them nearly $2 million, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced Monday. Albert Jose Gonzalez, 39, of Lancaster, Josue Gustavo Albizuras, 42, of Los Angeles and Cesar Vasquez Echeverria, 28, of Santa Clarita installed skimmer devices on computerized pay pumps at gas stations to steal customers' credit and debit card information. The men, who have pleaded innocent, were arrested Feb. 25 after a three-year investigation by members of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the FBI. — AM (Read Full Article)
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Military Health System develops EHR for White House
Explore Article healthcareitnews.com (Mar 9 2010) Healthcare
The Military Health System has set up a version of its AHLTA electronic health record system for use in the White House. MHS chief information officer Charles Campbell talked about the initiative at the recent Health Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference in Atlanta. The system, which was set up in just two months, is based on AHLTA Theater, the Defense department's electronic health records system designed for rugged uses in war zones. (Read Full Article)
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Should Feds Remove Small Practices from Red Flags Compliance?
Explore Article healthleadersmedia.com (Mar 9 2010) Healthcare , Compliance
An author on Red Flags Rule compliance tells HealthLeaders Media that eliminating small practices from complying with the FTC's identity theft prevention program regulation would lead to more identity violations. (Read Full Article)
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Missing Hard Drive Risks ID Of 35,000 Ark. Soldiers
Explore Article 4029tv.com (Mar 9 2010) Corporate , Government , Lastest Data Breaches
The Arkansas National Guard now says 35,000 current and former soldiers are at risk of identity theft because of a missing computer hard drive. (Read Full Article)
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IRS warns of e-mail scam
Explore Article globe-democrat.com (Mar 9 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention
The Internal Revenue Service warns taxpayers that e-mail scams are circulating that fraudulently use the IRS name or logo as a lure. “The goal of the scam, known as phishing, is to trick you into revealing personal and financial information,” said IRS spokesman Michael Devine. (Read Full Article)
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Compliance Week: Massachusetts’ Tough Privacy Law Takes Effect
Explore Article Compliance Week (Mar 9 2010) Corporate , Healthcare , Higher Ed , Compliance
Corporate compliance, legal, and IT officers entered a brave new world last week, when Massachusetts’ strict new data privacy law finally went into effect. The law, bureaucratically known as 201 CMR 17.00, took hold on March 1 after a year of delays... (Read Full Article)
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The Associated Press: 3 charged with SoCal gas pump ID theft
Explore Article Google (Mar 9 2010) Consumer , Data Breach
Three men are accused of stealing $2 million by installing devices on gas station pumps that harvested credit card access codes. (Read Full Article)
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Missing external drive exposes 35000 guard members names, Social Security numbers
Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Mar 8 2010) Consumer , Lastest Data Breaches
Arkansas Army National Guard data loss incident circa 2010-02-22 (Read Full Article)
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12,000 Patients Exposed After A Former Employee Was Found In Possession Of A Limited Amount Of Patient Billing Data
Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Mar 6 2010) Consumer , Healthcare , Higher Ed , Lastest Data Breaches
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center data loss incident circa 2010-03-05 (Read Full Article)
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