Posts Tagged ‘FTC’

LifeLock refunds nearly One Million Consumers as part of Nationwide Settlement

LifeLock will refund consumers in 34 states $10.87 as part of an FTC settlement for misleading advertising practices. Not being able to provide “guaranteed” protection from medical identity theft or employment information theft and no protection against misuse of current their existing account information, the FTC settlement was reached in March of this year. Read the Consumer Affairs.com article at: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/11/nearly-one-million-consumers-getting-refunds-from-lifelock.html

Red Flags of Fraud Delayed again by the FTC

Here we go again. The Federal Trade Commission on May 28 announced it would delay enforcement of the Red Flags Rule from June 1 to Dec. 31, 2010. Is this the result of all the doctors protesting the changes required by their offices or is it just the unnecessary inconvenience. If you have ever had your identity stolen or your medical identity compromised it is a detriment for you financially and your for health records and various treatments, due to HIPAA. Read the HealthData Management article at: http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/ftc-red-flags-rule-enforcement-delay-40345-1.html?ET=healthdatamanagement:e1288:44339a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HDM_Alert_052810.

Now the scary part is the number of breeches of unsecured protected health information that have occurred. See the list of hospitals and practices at: http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/issues/18_5/list-of-breaches-40158-1.html