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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 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 July 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.
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 22, 2005 Roy Mark	Roberts Vote Could Stall Data Privacy Law Judiciary Committee may vote today on mandating national breach disclosure law.
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 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 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.
InternetNews July 25, 2005 Roy Mark	CardSystems May Close Doors The credit card processor that exposed approximately 40 million records to possible identity theft is facing possible financial ruin, as both Visa and American Express canceled their business with CardSystems.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Moves on Data Breach Bill With data breaches back in the news, national legislation begins to percolate.
InternetNews January 29, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Class Action Suit Filed Over Heartland Breach Payment processor Heartland Payment Systems has been slapped with a class action lawsuit has been filed against the company over a data breach that observers say may be the largest class action suit ever. Other lawyers may be looking to file similar suits.
Bank Technology News October 2005 Michael Dumiak	Protecting Customer Data: Grappling With Lost Data, Broken Trust Data loss is an institution's worst nightmare. And with high profile cases like CardSystems, the largest players are playing damage control with customers-and facing the ire of Congress.
InternetNews February 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Retailers to Hold Data-Breach Bag? Proposed legislation in Massachusetts would make retailers financially responsible for breaches of their databases that lead to consumer identity theft.
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Data Breach Law Back in Senate Businesses and government agencies would have to notify consumers under certain circumstances of data breaches under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
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?
CRM September 7, 2012 Dale Dabbs	Protect Your Most Valuable Business Assets--Your Customers Optimal CRM incorporates data protection best practices to curtail identity theft.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	When Is a Breach a Breach? If you think there's hope for a national data breach notification law, consider this: Congress can't decide what a breach is. Really.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
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.
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 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 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 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."
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 March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari	ID Theft Threat Grows With 1M Already Hit in '09 A new report shows identify theft is off to a rapid start this year - and the figures could be even worse than expected.
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Identity Theft Top Priority for State Legislators More than 1,300 bills covering a range of issues that could impact financial institutions currently are pending before the 50 U.S. state legislatures.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
InternetNews June 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Veterans Seek Billions in Data Breach Suit Veterans groups file lawsuit against VA seeking damages for veterans exposed to identity theft.
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 June 7, 2005 Rich Smith	Oops, They Did It Again Citigroup misplaces millions of customers' account data.
InternetNews June 20, 2005 Clint Boulton	MasterCard: 40M Credit Card Accounts Exposed Credit card companies said sensitive information, including names, banks and account numbers, for millions of accounts was exposed by Atlanta-based CardSystems Solutions.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is Your Brokerage Account Safe? A security breach at TD AMERITRADE creates headaches. With identity theft on the rise, it wouldn't hurt to ask your broker what's it's doing to prevent something like this from happening to you.
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.
InternetNews January 21, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Cyber Thieves Hit Payment Processor Heartland Experts warn that more attacks may be to come. Observers also say the breach highlights the current state of legislation regarding disclosure when data loss hits corporations.
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 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.
InternetNews June 11, 2010	Feds Reassessing Breach Notification Laws Data breaches small and large continue to plague consumers and businesses at a record pace and lawmakers at all levels of government are now considering more proactive legislation to help thwart identity theft.
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.
InternetNews June 22, 2005 Tim Gray	Fronting a Fix on Data Breaches Everyone's pointing fingers and looking for answers as the investigation into a recent leak of credit card accounts at CardSystems Solutions unfolds.
PC Magazine July 10, 2003 Sebastian Rupley	California's Two-Fisted Privacy Stance A new state identity-theft law actually extends far beyond the state.
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.
PC Magazine May 1, 2009 Matthew D. Sarrel	Identity Theft: It's Out of Your Hands The most important thing you have is you, right? And online, you are your identity. If xyz.com doesn't value you enough to keep you safe, then does that company really deserve your business?
InternetNews March 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Feinstein Charges Again on Data Breach Notification Bill A California senator says identity theft can't be stopped without strong congressional action.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breach Bills Crowding Congress Seeking to make it a crime to conceal data breaches involving personal information, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday jumped into the data breach debate playing out on Capitol Hill.
U.S. Banker April 2011 Jeremy Quittner	Breach Comber MasterCard's new technology identifies the likeliest victims of fraud and helps minimize unnecessary account closings.
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.
Bank Technology News July 2005 Glen Fest	Data Losses: Cardsystems Takes A Bullet After Breach Visa and American Express bid adieu to the processor, unable to forgive the firm for the compromise of customer data and flouting association rules. Was that fair-and is anyone next in the firing line?
InternetNews March 24, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Preps ID Theft Law Republicans and Democrats have reached a compromise on legislation mandating data brokers disclose to consumers certain unencrypted breaches of their personal information.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Staggered Start For ChoicePoint Hearing Senate ID theft hearing postponed but Schumer and Corzine promise new privacy legislation.
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.