ChoicePoint’s data breach early last year was the first major such incident we actually heard about. That we heard about it was thanks to a then little-known 2003 California law requiring companies ...

Data broker ChoicePoint Inc. will pay US$500,000 and has agreed to change the way it screens new customers under a multistate settlement for a 2004 data breach. The settlement, announced Thursday, ...

The massive data compromise at ChoicePoint Inc. earlier this year has made the Alpharetta, Ga.-based data aggregator something of a target for those calling for tougher data protection laws (see State ...

ChoicePoint has come a long way since two years ago, when it became the poster child for how not to react to a security breach. Since then, it has made some fundamental changes to its business model ...

A massive data compromise at ChoicePoint Inc. earlier this year has made the Alpharetta, Ga.-based data aggregator a target for those calling for tougher data-protection laws . In an interview with ...