The Economics of Financial and Medical Identity Theft

• Main Authors: Camp, L. Jean (Author), Johnson, M. Eric (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Health informatics.; Computer communication systems.; Computer security.; Data encryption (Computer science).; Biometrics (Biology).; Computer Science.; Systems and Data Security.; Data Encryption.; Health Informatics.; Biometrics.; Computer Communication Networks.

Financial identity theft is well understood with clear underlying motives. Medical identity theft is new and presents a growing problem. The solutions to both problems however, are less clear. The Economics of Financial and Medical Identity Theft discusses how the digital networked environment is cr...

Table of Contents:

• Identity in Economics, and in Context
• Modern Technological and Traditional Social Identities
• Identity Theft
• Defeating the Greatest Masquerade
• Secrecy, Privacy, Identity
• Security and Privacy as Market Failures
• Identity Theft in Healthcare
• Healthcare Data: Protections and Hemorrhages
• Technologies of Identity
• Identity Scenarios
• Scenario IV: Ubiquitous Identity Theft
• Closing
• References.