ChoicePoint Data Theft Spreads To Many More People
from the and-so-it-goes dept
Earlier in the week, the news came out that ChoicePoint (formerly a unit of credit bureau Equifax) had simply handed out personal info for many California residents to a sham new business whose only purpose was to use that data for identity theft. At least 750 people were scammed. At the time of the announcement, they made it sound like it was only (only!) 35,000 residents of California -- where privacy laws require that those who may have given up personal info must alert those impacted. However, it seems that some other states began to get curious about this, and even though it took some prompting from various AGs, ChoicePoint is now admitting that 145,000 people were impacted. Once again, this demonstrates how identity theft issues are very often completely out of the control of the individuals themselves -- but due to poor security at the companies who handle all of our data.
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Confirmation
Call ChoicePoint.
Make them send you confirmation your data was not accessed.
1 - 877 - 547 - 2518
I called this morning & by law they must make a full written disclosure & send it to you within 48 hours.
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Re: Confirmation
Was also informed that they will not remove my information from there database.
BS..
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Re: Confirmation ChoicePoint
I also requested they remove my personal and financial info. from their data base. No response to 3 letters sent via email.
I was intending to send certified letters to their Records Dept. in Brentwood, TN and to their Headquarters in Alpharetta, GA and request this info. again. Glenwood Financial has made several requests on my credit report for info., and I never authorized them to do so.
This is the last letter I recieved:
Dear Carolyn Fumia,
We notified all 145,000 potentially affected consumers via the United States Postal Service. Approximately 35,000 of these consumers are California residents and approximately 110,000 are residents of other states. Please call our consumer help line at 1-877-547-2518 to determine if your information was potentially affected. You can also go to our website at
http://www.choicepoint.com/privacyatchoicepoint/consumers.html
for more consumer information. Beyond that I can not tell you if your personal and financial information been jeopardized. You need to follow the steps that were indicated in the letter before.
Best Regards,
Becky
The Feedback Team
ChoicePoint Inc,
4530 Conference Way South
Boca Raton Fl, 33431
800-279-7710
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Any suggestions??
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Get A Clue
Warn your readers of your stupidity in advance please.
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