ChoicePoint Victims Have Work Ahead
posted by:Dina Mashayekhi // 10:45 AM // February 23, 2005 // Surveillance and social sorting
A few days ago, most people probably had not heard of data-collection warehouse ChoicePoint Inc., let alone knew that the firm sold personal information to companies about potential customers, tenants or employees.
Today, though, many consumers may be wondering whether their personal and financial data were included in 145,000 reports the company inadvertently sold to criminals involved in an identity theft scheme.
Consumers "shouldn't panic, but they should be vigilant," said Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group.
See http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20050223/tc_washpost/a45534_2005feb22&e=2
