Kelly Kennedy reports: More than a quarter-million Medicare beneficiaries are victims of identity theft and hampered in getting health care benefits because the government won’t issue new IDs, according to an investigation report released today. Medicare officials say it’s too expensive and too many agencies are involved to reissue those numbers to patients victimized by…
Category: Breaches
Cyber Spying Justice: Unserved or Underserved?
Mathew J. Schwartz reports on the recent consent order between the FTC, DesignerWare, LLC and some of the companies that allegedly used PC Rental Agent software to spy on unknowing consumers. You can read his coverage on InformationWeek. Actually, I’m surprised that there haven’t been more potential class action lawsuits filed over this spyware. Given…
Kate Middleton and Privacy Law
Privacy law scholar Dan Solove writes: The recent incident of paparazzi snapping photos of Kate Middleton sunbathing in the nude has sparked renewed attention to privacy law. According to the Washington Post: “The royals contend that the photos of Middleton — apparently taken by a single paparazzo — violate her privacy and that the photographer trespassed…
SCOTUS considers whether federal government can be sued for FCRA violations
Jesse J. Holland of Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pondered whether it should allow the federal government to face millions of dollars in class-action lawsuits for violating identity theft protection laws that ban the printing of credit card numbers and expiration dates on receipts. Government lawyers argue that the United States is…