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January 10, 2016 04:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/-uypr9WZ7UE/ftc-fines-software-vendor-over-false-data-encryption-claims
FTC Fines Software Vendor Over False Data Encryption Claims
An anonymous reader writes: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined a software vendor for lying about its product's encryption capabilities, despite being publicly warned by US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) not to do so. The software vendor is Henry Schein, who deliberately ignored CERT and FTC warnings and continued to sell its CRM for dentists, even if it knew it did not comply with HIPAA rules. The vendor got "only" a $250,000 fine.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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