The House Oversight Committee held a hearing this morning that was supposed to be about FTC authority under Section 5, but it wound up being more of Chairman Darrell Issa using his position as a bully pulpit to attack the FTC, Tiversa, and Democrats on the committee who would not give a potential whistleblower (a former employee…
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Thursday: House Oversight Committee hearing on FTC
The Federal Trade commission and Its Section 5 Authority: Prosecutor, Judge, and Jury Full Committee July 24, 2014 | 9:30 a.m. in Rayburn 2154 Witnesses: Mr. Michael Daugherty Chief Executive Officer LabMD, Inc. Mr. David Roesler Executive Director Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin Mr. Gerard Stegmaier Partner Goodwin Procter Mr. Woodrow Hartzog Associate Professor…
House Oversight asks Inspector General of the FTC to investigate FTC’s actions in LabMD case
CORRECTION: In the original post, below, the CEO of Tiversa informed PHIprivacy.net that they never turned over the full 1718 File until October 2013, when it was subpoenaed by the FTC. The FTC’s own documents indicate that they obtained the 1718 File from the Privacy Institute in response to the CID, which means that they…
FTC vs. LabMD hearing starts
Opening statements were held today in FTC vs. LabMD, one of only two data security enforcement cases that have not resulted in a consent order to settle charges. FTC attorney Alain Sheer provided the overview of the FTC’s complaint, alleging that LabMD failed to have a reasonable and appropriate data security program. He was only just into his…
Clerical error leads to hundreds of veterans getting wrong cancer test results
An error involving the Atlanta VA Medical Center resulted in 249 veterans getting the wrong cancer test results. One veteran told Channel 2 news in Atlanta he first received test results that were positive for cancer. Then he got test results that were negative (and was relieved). But then, after cancelling a follow-up visit he had scheduled after getting…
Unfair enforcement? FTC vs. LabMD
Is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – the agency that is supposed to protect consumers from unfair business practices – itself engaging in unfair practices in its treatment of LabMD? Who protects us from over-zealous regulators? Back in the Day In the second half of the last decade, we all began hearing more reports of inadvertent exposure…