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Everyone is missing the point[ Parent ] (none / 0) (#16)
by Anonymous User on Sat Mar 05, 2005 at 06:24:03 PM PDT

"Choice Point did some basic background checks on the purchasers. This included verifying they were properly registered businesses."

Why should I be willing to have my personal data sold to someone just because they are a "properly registered business"?  Even if there were no fraud, Choice Point's business is to gather your personal information and sell it to any registered corporation.

The information wasn't stolen.  The database wasn't compromised.  It was sold.  The only fraud was that the perpetrators claimed to be corporations.  The corporations didn't exist, so Choice Point clearly didn't care what the corporation did with the data.

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