Eric Drew

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Eric Drew is a leukemia survivor, noted for having his identity stolen during his treatment. While undergoing treatment for a rare and virulent leukemia, his identity was stolen by a medical worker. Drew fought and became the first person to force a federal criminal conviction under the Health Information Privacy laws. Afterwards, Drew started KnightsBridge Castle with several other identity theft victims and Silicon Valley executives to combat the threat of identity theft in America.

Eric Drew is also the founder and director of the Eric Drew Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes advocacy for terminally ill patients.

Dateline NBC presented a segment on Eric Drew's story on 25 December 2005.

See also

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• Identity theft

External links

• [(KnightsBridge Castle, Inc.)]
• [(Eric Drew Foundation)]

 

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