[privacy] ChoicePoint ID Theft Victims' Day Has Come

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via internetnews.com.

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Victims of the ChoicePoint identity theft scandal will soon be receiving
claims forms to recover out-of-pocket expenses.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) mailed more than 1,400 of the forms
Wednesday and made them available for download at the FTC ChoicePoint site.
Restitution claims must be postmarked by Feb. 4.

The victims will be paid out of a $5 million fund established by
ChoicePoint as part of its January settlement with the FTC. ChoicePoint
also agreed to pay a $10 million fine for failing to adequately protect the
consumer information in its databases.

The Georgia-based ChoicePoint is a credit report service used by more than
50,000 landlords and merchants to conduct background checks on potential
tenants and customers. It also has several law enforcement and government
agencies as clients.

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More:
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3647631

- - ferg

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