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Credit agencies sending our files abroad
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Nov 07, 2003 04:05pm |
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| News Date | Friday, November 7, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Two of the three major credit-reporting agencies, each holding detailed files on about 220 million U.S. consumers, are in the process of outsourcing sensitive operations abroad, and a third may follow suit shortly, industry officials acknowledge for the first time.
Privacy advocates say the outsourcing of files that include Social Security numbers and complete credit histories could lead to a surge in identity theft because U.S. laws cannot be enforced overseas.
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