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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 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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 March 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Staggered Start For ChoicePoint Hearing Senate ID theft hearing postponed but Schumer and Corzine promise new privacy legislation.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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.
CIO September 24, 2009 Matt Karlyn et al.	Identity Theft: 7 Tips for Complying with FTC Red Flag Rules The FTC's Red Flag Rules for reducing fraud due to identity theft take effect on November 1. Here's what you need to do to make sure you comply.
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 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.
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 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 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 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 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Brokers Back Federal Disclosure Law Lawmakers prod ChoicePoint, LexisNexis into supporting mandatory disclosure of security breaches.
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.
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.
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 April 23, 2007 Roy Mark	A New Fight Against ID Theft Improved cyber security, increased law enforcement and public education top the recommendations of President Bush's Identity Theft Task Force plan issued today.
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.
PC Magazine February 7, 2008 Isabelle Groc	Payback for ID Theft Can a new bill in Congress stem the tide of online fraud?
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Roy Mark	Feinstein Tightens ID Theft Proposal California Democrat calls for national notification law just before Senate hearing.
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 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.
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 May 11, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Goes After ID Theft on National Level President Bush signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon creating a national Identity Theft Task Force... FTC circumspect on national data breach disclosure law... Chertoff says interoperability problems are jurisdictional, not technological...
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 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 January 9, 2004 Roy Mark	FTC Wins Judgment Against Net Auction Scammers Court bars two Chicago area residents from participating in Web auctions and orders more than $90,000 in consumer redress.
InternetNews April 30, 2009 Alex Goldman	FTC Red Flags Rule Enforcement Starts Friday New rules on the handling of sensitive personal information are designed to prevent identity theft.
PC Magazine October 28, 2003 Sebastian Rupley	Lock 'Em Out Take steps to protect yourself from identity theft.
InternetNews February 1, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	FTC: Identity Theft, Fraud on the Rise A new report by the FTC finds increases in fraud and identity theft. E-mail and the Web were fraud tools of choice on the Internet.
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.
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.
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Anne Tergesen	The Price Of ID Protection Are insurance and other services for identity-theft victims worth their cost?
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.
Searcher November 2005 Carol Ebbinghouse	Another Phine Kettle of Phish: Identity Theft Prevention Ten things to do today to protect yourself against identity theft.
InternetNews April 15, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	ID Theft a Taxing Question The IRS has a mandate to get 80 percent of all taxpayers filing electronically by 2007, while many states already require commercial tax prep firms to get off the paper trail. People cite identity theft as a reason not to file electronically.
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?
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.