Wired News: Data Brokers Face Regulation: "ChoicePoint and other companies that amass consumer profiles should be forced by Congress to protect that information from identity theft, the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.

Existing laws are not strong enough to ensure that data brokers handle Social Security numbers and other sensitive details responsibly, FTC chairman Deborah Platt Majoras told the Senate Banking Committee."

(Via Wired.)