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The Motley Fool June 27, 2005 Rich Smith	IRS Chooses ChoicePoint The contrite data company makes some moves that weren't welcome by investors, but the IRS took note and awarded ChoicePoint a $20 million contract. Will it be enough to please shareholders?
InternetNews February 18, 2005 Tim Gray	Data Theft Fallout Spreads to 145,000 Data aggregation firm ChoicePoint responds to pressure to let more people know if identity thieves have their data, which may include credit reports, addresses, and social security numbers.
The Motley Fool March 7, 2005 Rich Smith	ChoicePoint's Flag Farm Warning signs begin to multiply like a field of red banners at the data collector, collator, and disseminator. Investors and regulators alike are taking a closer look.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2005 Rich Smith	What, Me Worry About ID Theft? Reed Elsevier's security breach grows 10 times in size. And no one cares. Hard as that is to fathom, it suggests that the data collection industry may escape this series of fiascoes without Congress imposing additional regulations on it.
InternetNews June 20, 2007 Roy Mark	Getting More Money to ID Theft Victims FTC sends another 2,400 reimbursement forms to consumers victimized by ChoicePoint's 2004 data breach.
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Roy Mark	ChoicePoint Settles With 44 States in Data Losses Data broker ChoicePoint agrees to pay $500,000 and to strengthen data protection measures.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Rich Smith	ChoicePoint Weathers Storm Data vendor holds profits steady, despite damage done by identity theft scandal. It would seem that investors have again become cautiously optimistic about the company's prospects.
InternetNews December 7, 2006 Roy Mark	ChoicePoint ID Theft Victims' Day Has Come The Federal Trade Commission notifies out-of-pocket identity theft victims how to tap a $5 million restitution fund.
InternetNews January 26, 2006 Roy Mark	FTC Slaps Record Fine on ChoicePoint Info broker agrees to $15 million in penalties for last year's massive data breach. The company's stock subsequently dropped $3.05 a share to $43.25.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2005 Rich Smith	No Rest for the Wicked ChoicePoint's breach alone might not have tipped the scales, but if many other businesses are being ransacked as well, and most importantly, if the privacy of actual senators is now at risk, I think it's safe to say that regulation is on its way.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2005 Rich Smith	Banker Dons a Black Hat In written testimony to the congressional committee investigating the security of customer data, Bank of America argued that the law should not require companies to inform their customers of security breaches that put their data at risk.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Dean Foust	Keeping A Grip On Identity How to hold info brokers accountable for security without fouling up commerce.
InternetNews March 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Brokers Back Federal Disclosure Law Lawmakers prod ChoicePoint, LexisNexis into supporting mandatory disclosure of security breaches.
PC World November 2005 Alan Stafford	Privacy in Peril With identity thieves targeting big consumer databases, your data isn't just up for sale -- it could be up for grabs.
InternetNews March 9, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	LexisNexis: Lookup For Crime Crooks accessed a LexisNexis subsidiary using misappropriated IDs and passwords to obtain approximately 32,000 names addresses, Social Security numbers and drivers' license numbers, which could be used for identity theft.
InternetNews September 24, 2010	FTC Issuing Slim Payments to ChoicePoint Victims Following a settlement stemming from the latest breach from data integrator ChoicePoint, the Federal Trade Commission is distributing paltry compensation to the victims.
InternetNews October 21, 2009	FTC Reprimands ChoicePoint for Latest Data Breach Incident ChoicePoint agreed to pay $275,000 to redress consumers this week after the Federal Trade Commission said it failed to adequately safeguard one of its databases, an oversight that exposed the personal information of 13,750 people in 2008.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Group Demands Restitution For ID Theft A federal task force on identity theft urged Congress today to require ID thieves pay victims for the time they spend restoring their credit.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Rich Smith	Oops, They Did It Again Citigroup misplaces millions of customers' account data.
InternetNews March 8, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Managing The Parallel 'You-niverse' The data stored by the companies we do business with creates a digital counterpart that wields powerful influence over our lives.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2005 Rich Smith	ChoicePoint Cheated Out of Growth The massive data theft notwithstanding, this company has some problems. For even without the $0.03 charge to earnings, ChoicePoint would only have earned $0.46 in the third quarter -- a mere 7% increase over last year, and far less than the growth in revenues.
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Tim Gray	310,000 Exposed by LexisNexis Data Breach Company estimates data breach affected 10 times the U.S. residents as originally reported.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2006 Rich Smith	AT&T Gets Touched The epidemic of data thefts continues. A hacker broke into AT&T's computer system, accessing the credit card data of roughly 19,000 customers who had previously used the company's online store to purchase DSL equipment.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2005 Tom Taulli	Entrust Gets Help From Uncle Sam In a tough software sector, diversification is paying off for Entrust. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2004 Tom Taulli	ChoicePoint Strong at 100 The 100 year-old comprehensive provider of data services for security continues to grow, helped by its aggressive mergers and acquisitons strategy.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Rich Smith	What Would Spitzer Do? If Congress doesn't move fast on identity theft, the nation's attorneys general just might. Investors must now beware a flurry of lawsuits being filed.
InternetNews May 2, 2005 Clint Boulton	ChoicePoint Makes Fraud Detection Buy ChoicePoint adds new fraud detection software from Magnify to the mix after selling sensitive data.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ChoicePoint Will the data collator make it three in a row for earnings misses when it reports its fiscal third-quarter 2006 numbers? Investors, take note.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Staggered Start For ChoicePoint Hearing Senate ID theft hearing postponed but Schumer and Corzine promise new privacy legislation.
Information Today February 25, 2008 Marydee Ojala	Reed Elsevier Chooses ChoicePoint, Rejects Business Publications It plans to add the ChoicePoint products to the Risk & Information Analytics subsidiary of LexisNexis.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2006 Rich Smith	ChoicePoint Runs in Circles Shares of the data collator dive, then rise. Should savvy investors buy now?
InternetNews March 4, 2005 Clint Boulton	ChoicePoint Stops Selling Some of Your Info ChoicePoint scales back its business after a major database breach that exposed the personal information of 145,000 people. Lawmakers are taking action.
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: A Few ChoicePoints The the data collector, collator, and disseminator is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 results. Investors, here's what to expect.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 Rich Smith	Crunching the Data Crunchers Have the info-theft hackers given us any bargains in the stock market? Here is a bargain evaluation for four data companies recently affected by hackers.
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Roy Mark	Feinstein Tightens ID Theft Proposal California Democrat calls for national notification law just before Senate hearing.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2006 Tim Beyers	AT&T's Not-So-Subtle Pretext A lawsuit in support of consumers sheds light on an obscure problem of data brokers accessing customer records without authorization.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2007 Rich Smith	I Love Integrity Sending some love out to companies that responded responsibly to data theft: ChoicePoint... Citigroup... AT&T... ABN AMRO....
CRM September 1, 2006 Petouhoff & Johnson	How Much Is Your Customers' Trust Worth? With the profitability of data theft, there does not seem to be an end to the crime unless customer data protection becomes job number one. And while no company expects to have a data breach, the cost of preventing one may well be worth the price.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ChoicePoint's Direction Investors, look for continued margin deterioration as ChoicePoint works through the last of its data security-related charges.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ChoicePoints to Better Times Last year was one of lousy press and mediocre numbers for the data collator. Will the new fiscal year be better for the company and shareholders alike?
Insurance & Technology March 18, 2005 Katherine Burger	Better Off ... Maybe At the risk of being considered horribly cynical, I have to wonder if this confidence is completely justified. While data security-related expenditures rank high on most insurers' IT budget priorities lists, how many carriers really are prepared to prevent a ChoicePoint- or BofA-like incident?
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ChoicePoints Elsewhere The data collator's newsflash is one investors won't want to miss. Big changes are afoot, making the news of how many pennies the company earned in second-quarter 2006 fade to insignificance.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Roy Mark	ChoicePoint ID Theft Stirs Up Congress When lawmakers return to work next week, private data protection legislation will be all the rage.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2006 Hope Nelson-Pope	When Fraud Strikes Once someone has your card or your personal information, it's only a matter of time before he or she taps into it. As soon as you see evidence of such a transaction, you must do the following.
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Do You Know Who Owns Your Info? Identity theft of all kinds is a major concern to consumers, as well as Congress. The irony is that in the case of ChoicePoint and Seisint, the "theft" consists of people using the data bureau's information without paying for it.
InternetNews May 2, 2005 Tim Gray	Time Warner Loses Employee Data Time Warner tried to protect the personal information of its employees and ended up losing it.
InternetNews March 17, 2006 Roy Mark	Groups Slam Data Breach Notification Bill A U.S. House panel effort to write a national data breach disclosure law is running into fierce opposition by consumer groups calling the legislation the "worst data security bill ever."
InternetNews March 18, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	No Security in SSNs? Have you bought a house? Paid a traffic ticket? Been married or divorced in the last 10 years? Those documents may have been posted online as a matter of public course, opening the door to identity theft.