June 03, 2007

ChoicePoint Settles With 43 States, D.C, Over 2004 Database Breach

ChoicePoint has promised to do a better job safeguarding sensitive consumer data as part of a settlement with attorneys general in 43 states and the District of Columbia stemming from a 2004 database breach at the Georgia-based company. The deal, announced Thursday, also calls for ChoicePoint to pay $500,000 to be used by the attorneys general. ChoicePoint admits no wrongdoing, company spokesman Matt Furman said. Even before the database breach, ChoicePoint had been criticized by consumer and privacy advocates. The Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C., had filed complaints about ChoicePoint's data practices with the FTC.

ChoicePoint vows to be more alert, Cox News Service, June 1, 2007.