How Does HIPAA Privacy/Security Interact with Identity Theft Issues?
Identity theft is currently the most prevalent financial crime in the United States and is becoming more common each day. The reputation of many businesses has been severely damaged over the past few years due to instances of theft of individually identifiable information. We all recall the ChoicePoint fiasco in which over 145,000 individuals’ sensitive information was wrongfully obtained. Last year, the Veterans Administration reported 26.5 million records were stolen and it seems like a daily occurrence that we hear of yet another security breach in which sensitive data has been stolen from very prominent companies who we trust to protect that data. Health data is especially a popular target among identity thieves since health data contains both social security numbers and other types of very marketable data. Many covered entities are quickly discovering that when an identity thief strikes, not only is the covered entity a victim of a crime but it may also have liability for the thef
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