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The Unfortunate Consequences of HIPAA Violations
May 31, 2017
Health Data Management recently published an article about CardioNet, a vendor of ambulatory cardiac monitoring products, having to pay a $2.5 million fine and follow a 2-year corrective action plan due to a HIPAA violation. The settlement follows the 2012 theft of a laptop from an employee’s car that compromised the security of electronic protected […]
Why NAID-Certified Physical Hard Drive Destruction Makes a Difference
May 17, 2017
The National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) recently announced that it had commissioned a study of 250 electronic devices resold in the secondhand market and 40% contained personally identifiable information.
What to Do When Your Social Security Number is Stolen
November 21, 2016
Your Social Security number (SSN) is easily the most valuable form of identification to cyber criminals. In fact, sales and distribution of Social Security numbers occur daily on the black market. A stolen SSN provides the opportunity for thieves to not only steal property and open accounts, but also use the victim’s name. If an identity-theft […]
A Simple Guide to Identity Theft Recovery
November 9, 2016
It’s Friday. You log in to your mobile banking app to see how much you got paid before heading out the door to meet your friends for dinner and drinks. It isn’t until this moment that you discover a $250 charge to Amazon, $75 spent at a gas station 350 miles away and $45 spent at a […]
4 Ways New Grads Are Vulnerable to Identity Theft
June 4, 2014
By Adam Levin Found at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-levin/4-ways-new-grads-are-vuln_b_5354561.html As new graduates climb down from the ivory tower (diploma in hand), many will be facing “real world” transactions for the first time, and they are at risk. Identity-related crimes, bad deals and credit score pitfalls pockmark the road ahead. And for those new grads who are thinking, “It […]
Don’t fall prey to medical identity theft
May 27, 2014
Article by Jason Alderman Found at: http://www.thonline.com/biztimes/articles/article_21d8c910-e296-11e3-a6b6-0017a43b2370.html By now, most people know about the perils of identity theft, where someone steals your personal or financial account information and makes fraudulent charges or opens bogus accounts in your name. Lately, a not-so-new twist has been getting a lot of attention – medical identity theft. That’s where […]
