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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.
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.
InternetNews May 10, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Ding Data 'Dumpster' The FTC chairman cites a case in the agency's ongoing campaign against lax security security practices.
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.
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 February 24, 2006 Roy Mark	CardSystems Settles Data Breach Charges CardSystems settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission Thursday over what the FTC characterizes as the largest known compromise of financial data to date.
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Tim Gray	Merchants Unwittingly Disclose Consumer Data CartManager International, a provider of shopping cart software, collected the personal data of nearly one million people and turned around and rented the data without their consent to marketers. The company reached a settlement with the FTC.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Dean Foust	Keeping A Grip On Identity How to hold info brokers accountable for security without fouling up commerce.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Rich Smith	ChoicePoint Steps Up Identity theft scam shakes confidence in the information broker, despite its efforts to right its wrongs.
InternetNews April 3, 2007 Roy Mark	FTC Approves Final Guidance Settlement Guidance Software's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission became official today, almost five months after the Pasadena, Calif.-based computer forensics specialist admitted it did not adequately protect customer data.
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 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?
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 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 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 10, 2005 Jim Wagner	Shoe Company Loses Credit Card Info A subsidiary of Retail Ventures reports the theft of an unknown number of credit card accounts from many of its retail stores.
InternetNews March 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Brokers Back Federal Disclosure Law Lawmakers prod ChoicePoint, LexisNexis into supporting mandatory disclosure of security breaches.
InternetNews February 21, 2007 Roy Mark	FTC Tags Site Again for Deceptive Ads Consumerinfo.com pays $300,000 to settle charges for deceptive advertising practices. This follows a $950,000 fine a year ago.
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.
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 November 16, 2006 Roy Mark	Guidance Software Settles With FTC Guidance Software agreed Thursday to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the computer forensics specialist did not take reasonable security measures to protect sensitive customer data.
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 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 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.
InternetNews July 22, 2010	FTC, Intel Talks Stretched Two More Weeks The deadline for Intel and the FTC to come to a settlement is tomorrow, but since they aren't ready to settle or go to court, it seems, the two sides have extended the deadline by two weeks.
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices.
InternetNews January 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Bogus Spyware Vendors Settle FTC Charges The Federal Trade Commission slaps almost $2 million in fines on firms selling software that did not remove spyware as advertised.
InternetNews November 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Group Raises Zango's FTC Commitment Issues A new complaint filed with the FTC claims Zango issued a misleading statement.
InternetNews August 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Site Settles Deceptive Credit Report Claims FTC imposes a $950,000 fine and requires consumer restitution from Consumerinfo.com, which misled consumers with promises of a free credit report.
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 June 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress Reacts to Breach Onslaught BJ's Wholesale Club settles lax data protection charges while FDIC admits to data breach.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Rich Smith	Oops, They Did It Again Citigroup misplaces millions of customers' account data.
InternetNews June 22, 2006 Clint Boulton	Two FTC Laptops Stolen The Federal Trade Commission today said two if its attorneys' laptops containing the personal information of 110 people were stolen from a locked vehicle last week.
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Data-Breach Disclosure Bill Passes House Panel A House panel approved a bill requiring data brokers to inform consumers of breaches when reasonable risk of ID theft exists.
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.
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 May 18, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Breach Disclosure Overkill? The FTC tells a House panel that the trigger time for data breach notifications should be carefully weighed.
InternetNews February 16, 2007 Roy Mark	DirectRevenue to Pay Back 'Spyware' Gains Adware distributor DirectRevenue today settled Federal Trade Commission charges of unfair and deceptive trade practices of installing unwanted and unsolicited spyware unto consumers' computers.
InternetNews December 2, 2005 Roy Mark	DSW Decides FTC Security Shoe Fits The other shoe fell today for DSW, the national footwear discounter that admitted in March that hackers accessed more than three months' worth of customer data.
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.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark	ID Theft Bill Wends Through Senate The proposed law calls for full disclosure to consumers when sensitive personal data is breached or lost.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2005 Rich Smith	BJ's vs. the FTC The wholesaler settles its federal case over a credit card breach. The onus is now on BJ's to protect its customers and its investors -- in short, to make sure it doesn't get fooled again.
InternetNews December 20, 2005 Jim Wagner	Guidance Software Investigating Stolen Data Computer forensic specialist Guidance Software found itself on the receiving end of a malicious hacking attack that managed to swipe sensitive information on reportedly thousands of customers.
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.
InternetNews February 19, 2004 Roy Mark	FTC Fines COPPA Violators Web site operator agrees to pay $400,000 for knowingly collecting personal information from children online without first obtaining parental consent.