Anahad O’Connor reports: In a minor setback for New York City’s effort to vaccinate schoolchildren against swine flu, two students were inadvertently vaccinated without the consent of their parents, city health officials said Thursday. The children suffered no adverse effects from the vaccinations and were expected to be fine, but the misstep raised questions about…
Author: Dissent
FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Identity Theft Red Flags Rule
From the why-am-I-not-surprised dept: At the request of Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule until June 1, 2010, for financial institutions and creditors subject to enforcement by the FTC. The Rule was promulgated under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, in which Congress directed the…
KS: Pharmacy records recovered from downtown trash bin
Mark Fagan reports: The owner of the former Round Corner Pharmacy was scrambling Thursday night to recover hundreds of detailed customer records that had been thrown away during the building’s renovations. Tom Wilcox was notified Thursday evening that a desk drawer filled with prescription records from 2007 had been overturned in a roll-off trash container…
Judge: FTC Cannot Make Lawyers Comply With ID Theft Laws
The Federal Trade Commission cannot force practicing lawyers to comply with new regulations aimed at curbing identity theft, a federal judge ruled today at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The decision offers a reprieve to law firms across the country, which faced a deadline this weekend to put in place programs…
Your Personal Information Found In The Trash
Marshall Zelinger reports: COLORADO SPRINGS – Your personal information is available for anyone to get their hands on. Customers at a now-closed Hollywood Video near South Academy and Chelton Road may have their personal information just sitting in the trash outside the building. NEWSCHANNEL 13 found piles of trash with names, phone numbers, addresses, birth…
Is EMR investment increasing?
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