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ChoicePoint Settles With FTC Over Data Security Breach

FTC press release: “Consumer data broker ChoicePoint, Inc., which last year acknowledged that the personal financial records of more than 163,000 consumers in its database had been compromised, will pay $10 million in civil penalties and $5 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its security and record-handling procedures violated consumers’ privacy rights and federal laws. The settlement requires ChoicePoint to implement new procedures to ensure that it provides consumer reports only to legitimate businesses for lawful purposes, to establish and maintain a comprehensive information security program, and to obtain audits by an independent third-party security professional every other year until 2026.”
Related Documents:

  • United States of America (for the Federal Trade Commission) v. ChoicePoint Inc. (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division), FTC File No. 052-3069
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