March 23rd, 2007
In regard to Todd Sloane’s article Privacy could be IT standards’ deal-breaker: There are two kinds of privacy concerns–liability to patients from unauthorized access...
March 23rd, 2007
A patient could not recover from a hospital on a theory of vicarious liability after a hospital employee divulged the patient’s test results to...
February 15th, 2007
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its Annual List of Top Consumer Complaints. This year–for the seventh year in a row–Identity Theft is...
November 1st, 2005
Forty-six state Attorneys General are calling on Congress to help protect consumers from identity theft by enacting national security breach and credit freeze legislation....
February 25th, 2005
The Social Security numbers of millions of Americans, including Vice President Cheney and celebrity heiress Paris Hilton, are available to many subscribers of a...
February 6th, 2005
Harvard’s student newspaper, The Crimson, found massive security problems in Harvard’s web site, including the ability to look up prescription records, medical records, and...
February 5th, 2005
A Miami businessman is suing Bank of America over $90,000 he says was stolen from his online banking account in a case that highlights...
