Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., wants more information...
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., wants more information from data broker Experian. In a Wednesday letter (http://1.usa.gov/1am3zpA), Rockefeller asked the company for more specifics about its subsidiary Court Ventures, which allegedly sold sensitive personal information to an identity fraud service in…
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Vietnam, according to an investigation by Internet security news site KrebsonSecurity (http://bit.ly/15W0gEb). The Senate Commerce Committee, which Rockefeller chairs, has been investigating the data broker industry since last October (WID Oct 11 p9) when Rockefeller sent letters to nine data brokers, including Experian, asking for information on each company’s business practices (http://1.usa.gov/16zWQ72). “The committee’s investigation has focused to date on how companies including Experian collect and sell consumer information for marketing purposes,” Rockefeller wrote in his recent letter to Experian. “However, if these recent news accounts are accurate, they raise serious questions about whether Experian as a company has appropriate practices in place for vetting its customers and sharing sensitive consumer data with them, regardless of the particular line of business.” Experian, which did not comment on Rockefeller’s letter, has until Nov. 8 to comply with the senator’s request. The company did give a brief statement to The New York Times Thursday, saying Experian had “worked closely and in full cooperation” with the government during its investigation of Court Ventures (http://nyti.ms/17MnJVT).