Databases Called Lax With Personal Information (washingtonpost.com)

Databases Called Lax With Personal Information (washingtonpost.com): "Databases Called Lax With Personal Information
By Jonathan Krim
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 25, 2005; Page E01
The Social Security numbers of millions of Americans, including Vice President Cheney and celebrity heiress Paris Hilton, are available to many subscribers of a widely used information database company, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) charged yesterday.
Schumer called one feature offered by Westlaw an 'egregious' invitation to identity theft. The 'People-Find' feature lets some Westlaw users type in any name and receive personal data about that individual, culled from public records, including addresses and Social Security numbers. "