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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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....
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark	DoJ Sends ID Theft Bill to Congress The Bush administration sent proposed legislation to Congress today that aims to update and improve federal identity theft laws.
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.
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 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.
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 March 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Staggered Start For ChoicePoint Hearing Senate ID theft hearing postponed but Schumer and Corzine promise new privacy legislation.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Rich Smith	Oops, They Did It Again Citigroup misplaces millions of customers' account 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 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?
The Motley Fool April 14, 2005 Rich Smith	Data Crimes Suggest Conspiracy HSBC and GM have just announced that holders of their jointly branded credit card have joined the ranks of the recently hacked. Congress should also look into why all of these attacks are happening right now, and who might be behind all this mischief.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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 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 March 17, 2005 Tim Gray	IRS Giving Goods Away Some IRS employees have little problem revealing passwords and login information, report says.
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 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.
InternetNews February 12, 2010	Study Puts Identity Theft Cost at $54B in 2009 Research firm Javelin estimates that more than 11 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year, a 12 percent increase that led to tens of billions of dollars in costs.
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.
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.
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.
PC Magazine February 7, 2008 Isabelle Groc	Payback for ID Theft Can a new bill in Congress stem the tide of online fraud?
CFO March 1, 2011 Carol E. Curtis	Rallying 'Round the Red Flags New identity-theft regulations apply to many kinds of companies, and some don't know that.
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.
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Anne Tergesen	The Price Of ID Protection Are insurance and other services for identity-theft victims worth their cost?
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.
InternetNews July 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Finance Firms To Give FTC ID Theft Data The financial services industry is pooling its own data on identity theft victims with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement groups.
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 Walper & McBreen	Identity Thieves Target the Affluent Assure your clients that you're safeguarding their information.