From Black Press: RCMP investigators believe they have busted a major identity fraud operation based in Cache Creek with ties to Kamloops. On Oct. 23 Kamloops RCMP property-crime unit assisted Ashcroft RCMP with a search warrant for a Cache Creek residence that culminated in the arrest of a 22 year old Cache Creek man. “An…
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E-Health Privacy Regulations Draw Congressional Fire
Mitch Wagner writes: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an interim final rule to beef up penalties for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA), as several Congressmen criticize the agency for leaving dangerous loopholes in the law. […] HHS published the rule with requests for comments Friday. It…
KS: State Investigating Care Facility’s Disposal Of Records
The Department on Aging is investigating allegations a Topeka care facility put documents with personal information in a public recycling dumpster. The agency says Briarcliff Care Center, 3224 SW 29th St., reported the incident to them Friday morning. A person reported finding the documents Thursday night in a recycling dumpster at SE 29th and Adams….
Military lags in safeguarding officers’ identities
Charlie Reed of Stars and Stripes reports on the military’s progress – or lack thereof – in addressing an August 2008 report by PublicResources.org that revealed that hundreds of thousands military officers’ Social Security numbers were publicly available in government and commercial databases, including the Congressional Record, W.S. Hein, LexisNexis, and Westlaw. It seems that…
Health insurance mandate alarms some
David G. Savage reports: Among some libertarians and conservatives, the most troubling aspect of the pending healthcare reform bills is the prospect of a federal requirement that Americans buy insurance. “What next? Can Congress order you to buy spinach?” asked Roger Pilon, director of constitutional studies at the Cato Institute. He and other defenders of…
Report: Data Breaches Hike Fraud Risk 400%
By Doug Pollack, Chief Marketing Officer for ID Experts: Because data breaches have become such commonplace incidents, there is concern that people have become desensitized to the potential harm they face upon receiving a notification letter from an organization informing them that sensitive information has been lost or misappropriated. A recently published report from Javelin…