Data Security & Privacy

Patient Privacy? Not if you are a public figure…

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  UCLA Medical Center for years has been the hospital of choice for public figures in Southern California – mainly because of its convenient location to where prominent celebrities live (e.g. Brentwood, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, etc.) and its state-of-the-art facilities.  However, UCLA Medical Center has also been the epicenter for violation of patient privacy laws in the United […]

General Topics

Is Electing Judges Bad for Business?

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  The 2008 election season is in full swing.  Democrats and Republicans are jockeying for their constituents votes by pandering to their respective party’s base, and hoping that independent voters will put them over the top to get elected.  In some states, like Washington, this is extended into the third branch of government – the […]

Data Security & Privacy

2007 Consumer Fraud & Identity Theft Report

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  The Federal Trade Commission in February, 2008, released complaint data on consumer fraud and identity theft in the United States for the year 2007.  Consumer Sentinel is a database established to monitor consumer fraud and identity theft complaints reported to the FTC and over 125 other organizations.  The report is strictly limited to self-reported and […]

Data Security & Privacy

Balancing the Right to Privacy and RFID Technology

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  In the March 31, 2008,  publication of The Seattle Times, the following article appears about a University of Washington research team that is conducting a study into the positive and negative affects of Radio Frequency Identification (or RFID).  This controversial technology has researchers, business executives, government officials, and consumers critically looking into how the introduction […]