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Reed Elsevier to Acquire ChoicePoint® for $4.1 billion
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February 21, 2008
   
SEC Ends ChoicePoint® Investigation
The staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has notified ChoicePoint Inc. (NYSE: CPS) that the staff has completed its investigation...
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January 22, 2008
   
ChoicePoint Does Not Use Credit ‘Scores’ in Background Checks
Recent newspaper articles have focused on whether your credit report and credit score can be reviewed in a background check when you apply for a job. As a result, some people are confused about the proper use of these tools in the hiring process.
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September 25, 2007
   
Top Myths About ChoicePoint
There are many common “myths” about ChoicePoint that have surfaced in recent years, all of which are inaccurate in some way. This document sorts out the facts from the fiction.
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May 1, 2007
   

ChoicePoint Creates Consumer Advocate Position; Appoints Experienced Consumer Lawyer
ChoicePoint today announced the appointment of the company's first Consumer Advocate as part of an on-going effort to make the company's processes more transparent to consumers...
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October 23, 2006
   
ChoicePoint Responds to Inaccurate Column
An online blogger who is a frequent critic of ChoicePoint recently posted a column on his Web site, in which he made several inaccurate statements about ChoicePoint. To read the column and ChoicePoint's responses to many (but not all) of his misstatements, click here.
May 16, 2006
   
Information about the FTC Settlement
ChoicePoint Statement
Privacy and Information Security Good Practices
FTC Settlement Fact Sheet
January 26, 2006
   
ChoicePoint Does Not Charge Consumers for Existing Information About Themselves
The Los Angeles Times published an article on Monday, August 22 (“Firms Hit by ID Theft Find Way to Cash In on Victims”) that could leave the incorrect impression that ChoicePoint charges consumers to access existing information about themselves.
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August 23, 2005
   
Presentation to Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
In the last year, more than nine million Americans were victims of identity theft. How much does this cost society as a whole? About 50 billion dollars a year.
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July 12, 2005
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