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Fighting Identity Theft

Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, discusses the recent spate of security breaches at consumer data banks. Computer hackers accessed consumer data at ChoicePoint and Lexis-Nexis. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a consumer advocacy group based in San Diego.

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