…when not only is our private information for sale without our explicit consent, but the buyers of that information are not vetted properly by the sellers and prove to be criminals?



This incident raises a series of questions that merit discussion. What is private information and what is public information? What permissions should be required for selling that information for profit? What restrictions are necessary to protect people from loss of both privacy and from identity theft, especially in these times of terrorism?



How many people have to devote their lives to clearing their credit and fixing their records because those who keep and distribute the records show scarcely more competence than the Keystone Kops before this issue is taken as seriously as it merits?