ARE YOUR SECRETS SAFE?
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| Title: | ARE YOUR SECRETS SAFE? |
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| Authors: | Saporito, Bill, Fulton, Greg, Thompson, Mark |
| Source: | TIME Magazine. 3/7/2005, Vol. 165 Issue 10, p46-47. 2p. 1 Color Photograph. |
| Subjects: | Data protection, ChoicePoint Inc., Oluwatosin, Olatunji, Swindlers & swindling, Identity theft, Right of privacy, Database security, Specter, Arlen, 1930-2012, Larceny, Smith, Derek, Data mining |
| Abstract: | Examines a leak at ChoicePoint, the nation's largest data miner, which shows not only the reach that information giants have on the public but their vulnerability. A Nigerian con artist who extracted data on 145,000 people which triggered a debate on privacy, identity theft and the role of megaminers that dominate the information landscape; Arrest of Olatunji Oluwatosin in Hollywood who is not talking; Number of people victimized last year by identity theft and the cost of those crimes; Hearings which are being called by Senator Arlen Specter to see what can be done to better protect the electronic data; The workings of ChoicePoint led by CEO Derek Smith; Belief of some that the company is nothing more than an outsourced intelligence agency. |
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