The Only Choice for Data
Here's how deeply the federal government is involved with Choicepoint, the massive data warehousing firm that gathers and sells information about Americans: The Federal Trade Commission, whose investigation of alleged privacy breaches by the company led to a $15 million settlement last week, awarded the company a $23,000 contract last year to provide information for a study of credit scores, AP reports.
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