Privacy Facts from LexisNexis

LexisNexis Privacy Facts: "Working to Safeguard Public and Non-Public Information about Individuals

As a leader in the information services industry, LexisNexis understands the responsibilities associated with safeguarding public and non-public information about individuals and consumers with effective verification, authorization and security processes and policies, both by our companies and our customers.

We must remain vigilant as we all--LexisNexis, our customers and consumers--put our best efforts forward to thwart determined identity thieves. On March 9, our parent company Reed Elsevier issued a statement about an incident involving a LexisNexis Seisint customer and personal data. The information of nearly 32,000 consumers (see count by state) may have been potentially accessed as a result.

LexisNexis will continue our long-time efforts to support effective data privacy policy and practices because LexisNexis products benefit consumers, the government agencies that serve and protect them and the organizations they do business with.

LexisNexis products that use public records and non-public information provide invaluable fraud detection and identity authentication solutions to law enforcement, homeland security, commercial and legal customers that help to safeguard citizens and reduce consumers' financial losses. In addition, through these services, consumers derive greater convenience and benefits when conducting transactions for goods and services."