This is true, but inevitably the corporate stalkers will rely on the same defense they allways have "but it is just public record". This tactic will likely blow up in their faces now.

I heard yesterday that the ChoicePoint executive admitted ChoicePoint was formed specifically to trade in the American Identity without running afoul of the FCRA. Also Representative Marcum had already written the FTC concerning this issue of treating the American identity as a commodity over the Internet.