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Declan McCullagh on True.com

Declan McCullagh, who covers poli-tech, writes about True.com on News.com. Hightlights: A California bill introduced last week covers any Web site offering “compatibility” or “social referral services”–a sweeping definition that...

Choicepoint exposes soft underbelly

Choicepoint is now saying that up to 145,000 records may have been compromised. It took several months for Choicepoint to publicly report that they were tricked by nefarious characters who set up 50 companies get access to Choicepoint out of data, what else is going...

Identity thieves hit Choicepoint

From Reuters: Alpharetta, Georgia-based ChoicePoint maintains personal profiles of nearly every U.S. consumer, which it sells to employers, landlords, marketing companies and about 35 U.S. government agencies. Choicepoint also provides the data for several identity...

Best case for identity verification yet!

No, I do not make this stuff up. From BoingBoing: Two Jordanians had a torrid online romance and, after several months, decided to get married. When they met F2F for the first time, they were shocked to discover that they were already husband and wife. The rekindled...

Trustadate.com new background checks entrant

An article in the Southern Illinoisan about a company called Trustadate.com caught my eye. Jeremy Maloney and Brian Chapman are co-owners of My Background Instantly, a business designed specifically for pre-employment background checks for businesses. The article...