Information Privacy Professionals

 

 

 

• If you are a victim of identity theft or think you are a victim

• Does your company qualify for an exemption to Data Breach Notificiation laws?   Please See Our Services Page

 

JMC's
Data Breach Prevention Program
helps businesses, universities, and organizations avoid:

• Public Relations Nightmares
• Devastating Breach Notification Costs
• Customer Credit Monitoring $ Recovery Costs
• Expensive Lawsuits
• Credit Card Company Fines
• Government Penalties
• Mandatory 3rd-Party Audits
• And at the same time, increase the confidence of customer's, employees, students, etc. that their personal information is protected
  
  
  
  

 Universities #1 Target for Workplace Identity Theft
- NonProfit Times, July 2007

We specialize in protecting universities and learning institutions of all sizes

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Our Hands-On Risk Audit and Prevention Process helps your organization STOP a data breach before it can happen

 Please See our 'Prevention Tip of the Week'

All businesses are vulnerable to Data Breaches and Identity Theft Lawsuits. If a Data Breach Incident occurs, your organization could face:

• Data Breach Notification Costs:

- TJX = $256 Million! (and counting)

For example - $197.00 for each person notified:
Cost for just 1000 customers = $197,000.00 !


* Veteran's Administration Update - As of October, 2007, the VA has spent more than $20 million to respond to its latest data breach, the breach potentially puts the identities of nearly a million VA patients and their physicians at risk.

• PR Nightmares:
    
• Lifelock CEO himself becomes victim of id theft after broadcasting his SSN on TV
• Wachovia
• Radio Shack
• Linens & Things
• Verisign - Employees' PII compromised as a result of co-worker negligence
  

 - TSA (Transportation Security Administration) sued by employees for workplace id theft

Please See our 'Breach of the Week' page
 

• Substantial Jury Awards:

 - Bell v. Michigan Council = $275,000
 - Equifax = $351,000
- CS Stars = $60,000

• Data Breach Fines & Penalties: FTC = Imposing fines of $2,000 (for each identity breached)
  
   

  - Choice Point = $15 Million (and counting)

  - American United Mortgage Company = $50,000 for unsecured documents
  in dumpster

 

• Forced Independent 3rd-Party Data Security Audits:

- BJ’s Warehouse (biennially for 20 years)
- Designer Shoe Warehouse (biennially for 20 years)
    

 

This is where JMC Privacy Consulting comes in:

By providing a hands-on Prevention Audit (patent-pending) that addresses the physical risks of identity theft at your business facility, your company can avoid the notification costs, lawsuits, fines, mandatory audits, and public relations nightmares that accompany identity theft breaches.

Please See our 'Prevention Tip of the Week'

Simply put, we prevent Identity Theft from happening on the inside. As much as id theft can occur from computer hacking, it more often happens because of the vulnerable avenues that lead to easy access of paperwork and documents containing personal identity information of employees, customers, clients, patients, students, vendors, members, applicants, etc.

UNLIKE victim recovery/restoration companies (credit report monitoring, fraud alert assistance, etc. which are intended for individual consumers), our firm was the first of its kind to recognize and address identity theft as originating mostly in places of business - as opposed to a stolen wallet or purse.

Comprehensive On-Site Risk Prevention Process - As experienced Privacy Professionals, our expert staff provides in-person risk analysis and recommendations delivered in a painless, user-friendly turn-key approach that will help organizations of any type and size achieve their prevention goals, including Pre-Compliance Guidance for Breach Disclosure Notifications; and, as an added employee benefit, a Victim Survival Guide, is also included)

All of JMC’s Prevention tools helps you implement state-of-the-art best practices to reduce your company's identity theft risks and provide numerous prevention benefits:

• Protection of Your Organization's Public Image
• Mitigate your Liability for Workplace Identity Theft
• Reduced Risk of Substantial Jury Awards
• Reduced Risk of Regulatory Penalties
• Established Best Practices, Policies and Procedures
  
• Comprehensive Audit Prevention Process
• Reduce or Control Insurance Premiums
• Substantiation of Commitment to Workplace id theft prevention
• Inventory of personal identity information repositories
• Initiate Rapid Audit Execution w/Minimal Personnel Disruption
• Rapid and Effective Event Response Capability
• Enhanced Response to Regulatory & Legal Actions
• Increased Employee, Customer, and Partner Confidence
• Reduced Opportunity for Business Interruption
• Reduce Need of Employee Time to Resolve ID Theft Issues
• Avoid Negative Impact on Morale
• Certification that Workplace Identity Theft Risks and Compliance are Addressed

 

Make the choice -
Do you want to do a data privacy audit now, according to your terms . . .

or wait

Until your company is forced to undergo an independent 3rd party audit
(as ordered by the FTC or a court judgment)?

 

 

• Independent Consulting / Auditing Services - Facilitate compliance with Mandatory Audits / Review of best practices, policies and procedures for employees' and third-party contractors' use of personal identity information.

• Consultative Services - Expert guidance assisting companies craft policies, best practices and data privacy compliance       

• Corporate Training - Providng guidance and assitance to organizations intent on educating and instructing their personnel in the prevention of Workplace Identity Theft   

• Homeowners Risk Prevention Process - Designed for Homes with at least one staff person (eg. housekeeper, personal assistant, cook, chauffeur, gardener)

• Speaking Engagements - Informative lectures and presentations available to all groups and associations interested in the prevention of Workplace Identity Theft 

• Expert Witness Support - Our patent-pending risk assessment approach provides effective framework for e-discovery and case analysis
   

and

Introducing our newest Prevention Tool . . .

Our Data Breach Prevention Manual
for smaller organizations with limited resources
immediately effective and reasonably priced
at $99.95.

 

 

Includes valuable how-to information for:

• Easy to follow Risk Prevention & Compliance Steps
• Data Breach Disclosure Notification
• Survival Guide for victims of identity theft (employees / customers, students, etc.)