Identity Theft in New Hampshire

The accidental release at Concord Hospital of over 9,000 patients’ records, including personal information like social security numbers, is only the latest in a series of security breaches in New Hampshire, including TJ Maxx and BJ’s Wholesale Club. In an increasingly technology and internet oriented society, is identity theft more prevalent or is it just more widely reported under new standards of law? We’ll get an idea of how big the problem is or isn’t, what the laws are and what you can do about it.

Guests

• David Gottesman, a Senator from Nashua, Deputy Democratic Whip and Chair of the Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection Committee. In 2003, as a lawyer, he represented the estate of 20-year-old Amy Boyer in a lawsuit against an internet-based information broker who sold her information to a stalker, who subsequently killed her and then himself.
• Lauren Noether, Bureau Chief for the NH Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau at the Attorney General’s Office with 22 years of prosecutorial experience.
• Peter Wright, Director of Clinical Programs, Consumer and Commercial Law Clinic at Franklin Pierce Law Center

We'll also hear from

• Michael Green, Concord Hospital President and CEO