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October 18, 2005 Robert S. Brown UW Medical Center Identity Theft So, what you gonna do about it?
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The Law RCW 9.35.020: No person may knowingly obtain, possess, use, or transfer a means of identification or financial information of another person, living or dead, with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any crime.
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The Costs $53 Billion per year nationwide Loss of good will = loss of business?
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The Methods Phishing has replaced dumpster diving Other methods include: – Shoulder Surfing – Skimming (data device on an ATM) – Social Engineering (think Mission: Impossible) – Mail Theft (old fashioned but it works) – Retail Theft (stealing, hacking, conning, bribing) – Plus a zillion other ways your data gets stolen
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Two likely scenarios at UWMC 1. Care Recipient is an identity thief 2. Inside job (or hacker)
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Care Recipient is an identity thief Duty to notify the victim – Do not share PHI unless permitted by law RCW 70.02.050 HIPAA – Consider notifying law enforcement – Share handout explaining what you will do, what they can do (e.g. FTC’s excellent white paper) – http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
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Care Recipient is an identity thief Need to mitigate the damage – Amend medical records – Notify internal departments – Promptly investigate & notify the victim of your findings and actions taken to fix
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Employee is the Identity Thief Investigation policy? – Who is on point? – Who should you alert? – How will you summarize at conclusion? Sanction policy? – Does it explicitly address ID theft? – Will the penalties meet the Seattle Times test?
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Summary Review the laws: – RCW 9.35 – HIPAA – RCW 70.02.050
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Summary Be proactive in protecting data Be diligent about investigating Create policies now
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UW Medical Center Rob Brown, Assistant Director of Compliance 206.598.4342 rsbrown@u.washington.edursbrown@u.washington.edu Ellen Rubin, RN, Privacy Officer 206.598.5701 rubin@u.washington.edurubin@u.washington.edu
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