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Sectors: Consumer, Corporate, Government, Healthcare, Higher Ed
Primary Issues: Compliance, Data Breach, ID Theft Prevention, Medical Identity Theft
Incidents: Lastest Data Breaches, Reports

About Chicago

Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ), is a city in the state of Illinois and the largest in the Midwest. With its population of over 2.8 million people located almost entirely in Cook County (a portion of the city's O'Hare International Airport overlaps into DuPage County), Chicago is the third largest city in the United States. The population of Chicago's metropolitan area, which covers several counties, contains over 9.7 million people in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Chicago has been classified as an alpha world city for its worldwide economic influence.

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Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837. Its location at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, aided the city's rapid growth. Today, Chicago is a major transportation hub, as well as the business, financial, and cultural capital of the Midwest.

Quotes about Chicago

  1. “ This situation is limited to a small number of clients in East Chicago, Indiana, and they have all been contacted. We have strict security measures in place to protect their information. ”
    In 30 reports of ID theft at East Chicago tax service

  1. Mentioned In 42 Articles

  2. FTC Halts Cross Border Domain Name Registration Scam

    Explore Article Federal Trade Commission (Aug 9 2010) Consumer , Compliance

    ... did not result in increased traffic to the consumers’ Web sites. A federal district court judge in Chicago, Robert M. Dow, Jr., ordered a temporary halt to the deceptive claims and froze the defendants’ ass... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   FTC   Canadian   Chicago

  3. AMA files suit against FTC over looming Red Flags Rule

    Explore Article healthcareitnews.com (May 24 2010) Government , Healthcare , Compliance , Medical Identity Theft

    ...cal Society of the District of Columbia (MSDC) are seeking exclude physicians from the regulations. CHICAGO – The American Medical Association and others filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission on Fr... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Pam Dixon   FTC   AMA

  4. Data Breach Tags N.M. Medicaid Patients

    Explore Article internetnews.com (May 18 2010) Healthcare , Medical Identity Theft , Lastest Data Breaches

    ...s and patients' health plan identification numbers was stolen from a third-party processor's car in Chicago. The laptop was not encrypted so the state's Human Service Department is now scrambling to notify a... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   New Mexico   Chicago

  5. Medicaid clients' personal information compromised

    Explore Article Home - Las Cruces Sun-News (May 12 2010) Government , Healthcare , Medical Identity Theft , Lastest Data Breaches

    ...s a very small number of clients, relative to the total," she said. The breach happened in March in Chicago, when a car belonging to a subcontractor of a company that processes claims and provides dental ben... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Chicago   New Mexico   Federal Trade Commission

  6. Worries about data security persist in the cloud

    Explore Article Medill Reports (Apr 16 2010) Corporate

    ...enefits. But, as of now, he said there is no sure way to keep data secure. Help is on the way. The Chicago based company Cleversafe offers one potential solution. The software it develops helps companies pr... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   At&T   Amrit Williams   Chicago

  7. Identity Theft Ring Defrauds Hospital Patients

    Explore Article WBBM780.com HOMEPAGE (Mar 26 2010) Healthcare , Data Breach , Medical Identity Theft

    Seven Chicago area women are being held in connection with an identity theft scam that affected hundreds of peopl... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   U.S. Postal Inspection Service   Sears   Chicago

  8. Patient Billed for Phony Liposuction as Medical ID Theft Rises

    Explore Article BusinessWeek (Mar 23 2010) Corporate , Compliance , Data Breach , Medical Identity Theft

    ...wn, Massachusetts-based Athenahealth Inc. and Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc., based in Chicago. They say the software has safeguards such as individualized logins and passwords, encryption and l... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Louis Saccoccio   David Blumenthal   Washington

  9. What is 'Reasonable Security?'

    Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Mar 23 2010) Healthcare , Compliance , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    What is 'Reasonable Security?' ...ngaged in commercial litigation for several years prior to going in-house, including working at the Chicago office of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran and Arnold, a large international law firm. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   New York   Chicago   David Navetta

  10. Public employees union criticizes data loss deal

    Explore Article cnbc.com (Mar 5 2010) Government , Compliance , Data Breach

    ... was lost has not been disclosed, Sniffen said, because it's still under investigation by the firm, Chicago police and the FBI. Sniffen said the union's concerns and sentiment are understandable. "We don't b... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Dan Sullivan   Chicago   Associated Press

  11. E-Commerce Data Security 2010: Learning From 2009's Debacles

    Explore Article ecommercetimes.com (Jan 18 2010) Consumer , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    E-Commerce Data Security 2010: Learning From 2009's Debacles ...ID, and NPI numbers may have been compromised when a laptop containing sensitive data was stolen in Chicago. What can we learn from this very basic case of information theft? Anthem and Blue Shield were not ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   PCI   TransUnion   Equifax

  12. Data breaches affect one million state residents

    Explore Article Boston.com (Jan 3 2010) Corporate , Government , Compliance , Data Breach

    ...filed between June and November. The most serious incident occurred in August, when a laptop at the Chicago headquarters at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association was stolen. The laptop contained files w... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   DLP   Blue Cross Blue Shield   Massachusetts

  13. Parties agree to settlement over Countrywide data breach - SC Magazine US

    Explore Article scmagazineus.com (Dec 30 2009) Compliance

    ...was granted, according to reports. "We look forward to completion of the settlement," Ben Barnow, a Chicago attorney representing the plaintiffs, told SCMagazineUS.com on Tuesday. He declined to comment furt... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Dan Kaplan   Pasadena   Wahid Siddiqi

  14. Parties agree to settlement over Countrywide data breach

    Explore Article scmagazineus.com (Dec 29 2009) Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    ...was granted, according to reports. "We look forward to completion of the settlement," Ben Barnow, a Chicago attorney representing the plaintiffs, told SCMagazineUS.com on Tuesday. He declined to comment furt... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Pasadena   Rene Rebollo Jr.   Kentucky

  15. Chicago Sports Legend: Victim Of Identity Theft

    Explore Article Chicago news, weather, traffic (Dec 22 2009) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    More than $100,000 in two weeks -- gone. A Chicago sports legend, the victim of identity theft. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports that Blac... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Chicago

  16. UMC has patient privacy leak

    Explore Article Las Vegas Sun (Nov 20 2009) Healthcare , Medical Identity Theft , Lastest Data Breaches

    UMC has patient privacy leak ...cy Thomas, is facing a criminal trial for allegedly handing out no-work contracts to his cronies in Chicago. And members of the facilities department have been arrested for allegedly using hospital materials... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Health Insurance Portability   Hospital   UMC

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