I think it may very well make a difference to companies like DataTrace and Datatree. I am not certain in the N.J. case but the Alaska case addresses the the bulk transfer of the data and seeks to block this as well. If the aggregators cannot by the records in bulk for discounted prices at the expense of the local taxpayers, where will they get this information?

If these companies are making their subscriptions available to subscribers online they ARE participating in "this online business". Choicepoint was a subscription service too. They didn't sell to the general public. But they sold the identities of 300,000 to fifty subscribers who used identities stolen elsewhere. Choicepoint is facing several class action suits.

Lexis/Nexus is facing their own problems with class action suits as a result of their subscription services delivered online. Their system was hacked and passwords stolen. At last count I believe there were one and a half million potential plaintiffs.

Add to this the hundreds of new federal and state laws being passed specifically designed to stop the trade in American identities over the internet.

"It is hard to conceive of a broader invasion of privacy than freely disseminating the information to the entire world and rendering it instantaneously accessible to all. "
<?xml:namespace prefix = o />Superior Court Judge Robert H. Alsdorf