To underscore our commitment to privacy and our vision that good privacy is good business – for ChoicePoint, for our customers and for consumers – we have adopted this online privacy policy, which reflects and implements (in an online setting) our corporate privacy principles.

To demonstrate our further commitment to online privacy, ChoicePoint is a licensee of the TRUSTe® Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent organization whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. TRUSTe's certification covers the Web sites gathering and dissemination of information not any services or products. We have disclosed the information practices of our Web site to TRUSTe, and TRUSTe has reviewed and approved our online privacy practices for compliance with TRUSTe's online privacy standards.

This online privacy policy applies to www.privacyatchoicepoint.com, www.privacyatchoicepoint.net, and www.privacyatchoicepoint.org, which are operated by ChoicePoint Inc., 1000 Alderman Drive, Alpharetta, GA, 30001. This site is not directed at children.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact us at:

ChoicePoint Inc.
Office of Privacy, Ethics and Compliance
1000 Alderman Drive MD 71-A
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Telephone: 877.301.7097
Fax: 770.752.5939
E-mail: privacy@choicepoint.com

If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with the Web site to resolve your concerns.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

I. Personally identifiable information

This site only collects personally-identifiable information from you if you choose to provide this information to us. Personally identifiable information collected with your consent may include, for example, name, e-mail address and the content of any inquires you may make through our Web site.

II. Cookies

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. This site uses first and third party cookies (session and persistent),; however, personally identifiable information is not collected through the use of cookies. Cookies are used to determine whether a visitor is unique or whether the visitor has viewed our site before. Cookies are optional and do not affect the operability of our site. While most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you before accepting them. Your browser manufacturer has information on changing the default setting for your specific browser.

III. Non-personally identifiable information

This site also collects non-personally identifiable information. For example, as you browse this Web site, we may collect information about your visit, but not about you personally. Via Web server logs, for example, we may monitor statistics such as the number of people that visit our site, which page(s) are visited on our site, from which domain our visitors come (e.g., aol.com, hotmail.com, etc.), and which browsers people use to visit our site (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.). Our Web site uses an outsourcing program, WebTrends OnDemand, to assist us in analyzing this data to better tailor our Web site.

INFORMATION USE AND CONSUMER CHOICE

The information collected by this Web site is used only for responding to your inquiries and otherwise corresponding with you, for processing transactions you request, maintaining your account (if you have one), and for the administration, review and/or the improvement the content of our Web sites.  We do not share, sell, rent or trade PII with third parties for their promotional purposes.

We may contact you in response to your comments or inquiries, as part of the maintenance of your account with us (if you have one), or in order to complete a transaction that you requested.

If you decide that you do not want to receive further e-mails regarding your inquiry from ChoicePoint, you can reply to the e-mail or use the telephone number (877) 301-7097 with a request that we not continue to e-mail you. We do not use outside data sources to enrich marketing data obtained online.

ONWARD TRANSFER

We may disclose information you provide to us to third parties in order to complete a transaction that you requested. In other cases, it may be necessary to disclose information you provide about yourself or third parties in order to obtain the information product you requested.

We may also outsource some tasks, including the operation of some Web site functions, that require access to information you supply online. In such cases, however, we require that the companies acting on our behalf abide by our privacy policy and institute safeguards to protect the confidentiality of your information.

If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will assume responsibility for the personal information collected by us through this Web site and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding the information collected through this Web site, as described in this privacy policy.

Finally, please note that we may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform with the law or to comply with a legal process.

ACCESS AND CORRECTION

As an information company, we know the importance of accurate data. Therefore, we strive to maintain the accuracy of the information collected through this Web site. We will provide you (whether you are a consumer or a customer) with access to personally-identifiable information you provide through this Web site for as long as we maintain that information in a readily accessible format. Similarly, we permit and encourage you to correct inaccuracies in the information you submit to us through this Web site.

If you wish to access information that you have submitted through this web site or to request the correction of any inaccurate information you have submitted through this site, please use the mechanisms provided by the site, call (877) 301-7097, or send an e-mail to: privacy@choicepoint.com.

The access and correction provisions of this online privacy policy only apply to personally identifiable information collected from you through this web site. Individuals that are interested in information about how to access and/or request the correction of personal information ChoicePoint companies maintain about them (such as public record information, insurance claims information, or information for employment background screening) for potential inclusion in information products and services can visit www.choicetrust.com.

SECURITY

We take steps to protect against the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of personally identifiable information collected through this Web site. We recognize the importance of security for all personally identifiable information collected by our Web site. We exercise care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers.

Once we receive personally identifiable information, we take steps to protect its security on our systems. In the event we request or transmit sensitive information, such as credit card information or Social Security numbers, we use industry standard, secure socket layer (“SSL”) encryption.

We limit access to personally identifiable information to those employees who need access in order to carry out their job responsibilities.

OTHER WEB SITES

This online privacy policy only applies to the Web site(s) identified in the first paragraph of this privacy policy.  Our Web site, however, may include links to other Web sites which may be operated by other ChoicePoint companies or by third parties.  If you visit a Web site not listed above, we recommend that you review the online privacy policy of that Web site to determine how the operator of that Web site will handle personal information collected through that Web site.  

POLICY CHANGES

We may revise this online privacy policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on the Web site. If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you via e-mail. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner.