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Washington Post Examines Data Aggregator ChoicePoint

In Age of Security, Firm Mines Wealth Of Personal Data (reg. req’d): the Post provides an overview of ChoicePoint, described as a “little-known information industry giant.” However, many librarians and researchers are well acquainted with the company’s products, and it has been in the bulls-eye of privacy advocates for selling its vast databases of personal data to the government. Also in the Post, see this associated chart of ChoicePoint’s services and clients.

  • The article’s author, Robert O’Harrow, recently published a new book on homeland security issues, No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society.
  • Related references about the company’s activities have been the topic of past postings on beSpacific, dating back to April 2003.
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