Q&A
Data privacy practices when older adults report fraud
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Council Member Crystal Hudson inquires about how data privacy is maintained when older adults report fraud. Commissioner Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez provides a brief explanation of their data privacy practices.
- NYC aging protects the identity of individuals reporting fraud as a standard practice.
- The agency may share information in specific cases:
- When seeking restitution from a bank
- When working with the police department
- Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez emphasizes that privacy is of utmost importance to the agency.
- Data privacy is described as part of the agency's standards in handling reported fraud cases.
Crystal Hudson
1:03:00
Yeah.
1:03:00
That would be great if you could share.
1:03:02
You'll you'll follow-up with me, you're saying?
1:03:04
Sure.
1:03:04
Okay.
1:03:05
Sure.
1:03:05
And then how is data privacy maintained when older adults report fraud?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:03:12
Data privacy on our part?
Crystal Hudson
1:03:13
Yeah.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:03:15
As we do with all data, we protect the the identity of the of the individual unless we want to make sure that we get restitution from a bank or work with the police department, but privacy is is the most important to to us.
1:03:30
It's part of our standards.
