Journal BJ_Covert_Action's Journal: Data Aggregation Company that Sells Information to Insurance Companies
Howdy All,
This is my first journal entry and I just want to post it as a resource of information for anyone interested. About a week ago I posted a personal anecdote about a data aggregation company that my auto insurance company worked with in order to determine insurance rates for their customers. The whole story can be found in my comment here. As part of that story, I promised to follow it up with the name of the company and a link to their website if possible, so that other folks could contact them to opt out of their data aggregation services.
Well the company was, at the time, called ChoicePoint. However, they have since been bought by a company called LexisNexis and can now be found as LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The website has changed since my last visit there, but there is probably a contact info. or opt-out request form buried somewhere on their site. I encourage anyone that is concerned about their privacy to opt-out of this company's data aggregation services because they have gathered data on me in the past that was false in nature and, thus, was costing me money with my insurance company. By opting out of this company's service, you limit the resources that insurance companies can use to gather information on you. It is my personal belief that insurance companies should be required to gather data for you from your official public records only (such as DMV or court records). However, this is not currently encoded in law and, thus, customers must take it upon themselves to ensure that accurate, correct, and up-to-date information of their character is being used.
Good luck, and I hope you all find this useful to an extent,
BJ_Covert_Action
P.S. At one point their customer service phone number was: 7.800.456.6004. I don't know if this is still the case or not. Feel free to verify or falsify it yourself if you are curious.
This is my first journal entry and I just want to post it as a resource of information for anyone interested. About a week ago I posted a personal anecdote about a data aggregation company that my auto insurance company worked with in order to determine insurance rates for their customers. The whole story can be found in my comment here. As part of that story, I promised to follow it up with the name of the company and a link to their website if possible, so that other folks could contact them to opt out of their data aggregation services.
Well the company was, at the time, called ChoicePoint. However, they have since been bought by a company called LexisNexis and can now be found as LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The website has changed since my last visit there, but there is probably a contact info. or opt-out request form buried somewhere on their site. I encourage anyone that is concerned about their privacy to opt-out of this company's data aggregation services because they have gathered data on me in the past that was false in nature and, thus, was costing me money with my insurance company. By opting out of this company's service, you limit the resources that insurance companies can use to gather information on you. It is my personal belief that insurance companies should be required to gather data for you from your official public records only (such as DMV or court records). However, this is not currently encoded in law and, thus, customers must take it upon themselves to ensure that accurate, correct, and up-to-date information of their character is being used.
Good luck, and I hope you all find this useful to an extent,
BJ_Covert_Action
P.S. At one point their customer service phone number was: 7.800.456.6004. I don't know if this is still the case or not. Feel free to verify or falsify it yourself if you are curious.
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