>Update : Trawling for "crimes".
>http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/061214-704522-feds-to-trawl-personal-financial-data-for-crimes.htm
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>Who cares?
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>If I had a mortgage or a loan of any kind, I would most certainly care! Fortunately, I don't. Zero debt has its advantages.

Have you had ANY loan since 1998?
Paid any utilities?
Got any bank accounts?

Data points included : owner’s name, address, Social Security number, all credit card and other loan information and account balances, entire credit history, including delinquent payments, late payments, minimum payments, high account balances and credit scores. “Household demographic data,” including racial and ethnic data, gender, marital status, religion, education, employment history, military status, household composition, the number of wage earners and a family’s total wealth and assets.