ChoicePoint to pay 15M for data breach

by Ramon Padilla Jr. in Innovation

on January 27, 2006, 8:52 AM PST

ChoicePoint to pay 15M for data breach

Remember the little data breach that occured nearly a year ago that possibly compromised the personal information of 163,000 Americans? Well ChoicePoint settled with the FTC for a 15 million dollar fine. A drop in the bucket to ChoicePoint but the largest fine in FTC history. Read the details here:

Remember the little data breach that occured nearly a year ago that

possibly compromised the personal information of 163,000

Americans? Well ChoicePoint settled with the FTC for a 15 million

dollar fine. A drop in the bucket to ChoicePoint but the largest

fine in FTC history. Read the details here:

By Ramon Padilla Jr.

I have been part of the IT world as a professional since 1987. First as a programmer with an Air Carrier, then as an IT Manager, IT Coordinator, and eventually Director/CIO through 16 years of County Government experience. Since then I have been consulting with State Governments in the areas of Application Development and Data Warehousing and Business Process Re-engineering. I recently accepted a Director's/CIO position in the government arena and am looking forward to the challenges of senior IT management again. While I cannot state where I am working or who I am working for, should it become known, I must make it clear that all thoughts and opinions expressed by me in this blog are my own and do not reflect those of TechRepublic, C/NET nor my current employer.

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ChoicePoint to pay 15M for data breach

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