Choice Point to Pay Fine for Second Data Breach

ChoicePoint to Pay Fine for Second Data Breach
Grant Gross, IDG News Service Oct 19, 2009 12:40 pm

Data broker ChoicePoint, the victim of a 2004 data breach affecting more than 160,000
U.S. residents, has agreed to strengthen its data security efforts and pay a fine for
a second breach in 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.

ChoicePoint, now a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, will pay US$275,000 to resolve the newest FTC complaint. The FTC accused the company of failing to implement a comprehensive information security program to protect consumers' personal information, as required by the agency after the 2004 breach.


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