The Fireman and the Arsonist. ChoicePoint stinks (via Kevin Drum). ChoicePoint not only sells crooks your pesonal information, it sells its identity theft victims their personal information that the company sold to the thieves and fraud artists in the first place! How about that. How can they possibly be allowed to profit from their irresponsibility and lack of accountability? As the LAT characterized the absurd arrangement, "Critics say buying such services seems like paying protection money to the thugs who pose the biggest threat." Isn't there a US governmental agency that sees fit to protect citizens from this? What about the equivalent of a "Do Not Call" list on selling citizens' sensitive/personal/financial data, that would allow an opting out or a voluntary opting in that if violated would hit offending companies with stiff penalties?

Posted by Laura at August 22, 2005 12:29 PM