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Saturday, March 5, 2005

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Identity Protection

Headquarters of ChoicePoint

You've done everything you're supposed to do: you've shredded your credit card statements, kept your social security number to yourself, and checked your credit report regularly. But what if a company like Bank of America or ChoicePoint -- loses your personal information -- and you didn't even know they had it in the first place? Marketplace's Alisa Roth finds out what do you need to know about the companies that know so much about you.

A sign stands at the headquarters of ChoicePoint consumer records company in Alpharetta, Georgia. (Photo: Erik S. Lesser / Getty Images)

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