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ChoicePoint (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Zack Phillips
  • Format:Print
  • | Pages:19
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Abstract

The CEO of ChoicePoint, a leading company in the rapidly growing U.S. personal data industry, must reexamine the company's business model after a serious breach of data security affecting some 145,000 U.S. citizens. He must decide on steps to strengthen data protection in the company and clarify his stance on regulating a largely unregulated industry.

Keywords

Business Model; Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Ethics; Information Technology; Information Industry; United States

Citation

Paine, Lynn S., and Zack Phillips. "ChoicePoint (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-001, February 2006. (Revised March 2008.)

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Lynn S. Paine

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