Posts Tagged ‘ ProtectMyID ’

Case closed: 8 Things you didn’t know about data breach litigation

As data breaches have exploded in frequency and scale, it’s no surprise that corresponding lawsuits have also flourished.  Do these lawsuits have a common pattern?  A recent draft research paper, Empirical Analysis of Data Breach Litigation, takes a look at federal data breach lawsuits to assess the common characteristics. The findings were illuminating: The odds [...][ READ MORE ]

Where will you be on April 29, 2012?

 Experian will be at the annual HCCA 2012 Compliance Institute conference at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. This conference offers an important opportunity to meet industry professionals with solid credentials in a number of areas related to medical information and data security. Some of the topics to be addressed at the conference include healthcare [...][ READ MORE ]

Extended fraud resolution is the new standard

Customers see a data breach and the loss of their personal data as a threat to their security and finances, and with good reason. Identity theft occurs every four seconds in the United States, according to figures from the Federal Trade Commission. As consumers become savvier about protecting their personal data, they expect companies to [...][ READ MORE ]

Consequences following a data breach

Our latest study, Aftermath of a Data Breach Study, was conducted to better understand how a data breach affects organizations over the long term.[ READ MORE ]

Consumers yawn at healthcare fraud

Today's headlines trumpet yet another high-profile medical data breach, this time through Health Net. This corporate catastrophe reminds us of the increasing hazard of medical fraud, which is the most expensive and time consuming to resolve of all types of identity theft . The second annual National Study on Medical Identity Theft, fielded by the Ponemon Institute provides further insight into this pervasive problem and how it affects consumers.[ READ MORE ]

Identity theft protection insights

Consumers who are part of a data breach may be more likely to experience identity theft. Learn about sources and consequences of identity theft and the benefits of ProtectMyID. Tweet[ READ MORE ]