The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a lawsuit that seeks to force the disclosure of records related to the sale of personal information to law enforcement agencies. EPIC believes that both the U.S. Treasury and Justice Departments are in violation of the law by failing to respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by EPIC.
EPIC filed the FOIA requests in response to reports that ChoicePoint is selling personal information to federal law enforcement agencies. Documents obtained by EPIC indicate that ChoicePoint and other profiling companies, including Experian, have sold personal information to the IRS. ChoicePoint has gone so far as to create a federal government portal site to service its relationship with the IRS.
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