The bigger problem with the Experian data sale

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Michio Hasai
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The sale of massive amounts of personal data by Experian brings up bigger challenges for the whole industry and they all circle around one word: trust.

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An identity theft service that prosecutors say illegally sold social security numbers, birth dates, driver license numbers, and other sensitive data for more than 500,000 people purchased much of the information from credit service Experian, according to a report published Sunday night.

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