Congress to Investigate Data Mining Companies
HARRIS: Kathleen, thank you. All right. Here's the question: who's holding the keys to your identity. And how do you make sure they don't want up in the wrong hands? Plus, as the Academy Awards approach, our next guests are also showing symptoms, I'm told, of Oscar fever. But unlike -- oh, that is that. I like those...</s>DARIA DOLAN, CO-HOST, "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED": Darling, how are you?</s>HARRIS: Oh, my. Daria, you look lovely. Ken, you look like Ken with sunglasses.</s>D. DOLAN: That's what happens when you go to Hollywood if a couple of days.</s>HARRIS: Your futures are so bright you need those shades. Isn't that a wonderful song, there?</s>D. DOLAN: That was a good one.</s>HARRIS: How is that?</s>D. DOLAN: Yes.</s>HARRIS: So you're just back from Hollywood.</s>KEN DOLAN, CO-HOST, "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED": Yes, we did. We'll talk in a second about that, Tony.</s>HARRIS: OK.</s>K. DOLAN: We'll get to something a little more serious. We did a very different Hollywood thing we'll tell you about.</s>HARRIS: OK.</s>K. DOLAN: But a real bad problem, Tony, and you've seen it -- you've seen it yourself. We have a personal story. And that is identity theft is totally out of control. And as late as usual, however, the Senate is now going to have -- let's have a hearing!</s>D. DOLAN: No, but at least the good news on this is they are going to investigate these companies that mine personal data. I mean, you look at a company like ChoicePoint. Authorities out in California are now saying more than a half a million people...</s>HARRIS: Yes.</s>D. DOLAN: ... might have been adversely affected by their selling information to companies that were not truly companies that should have a right to this. So the federal government, through Congress, is now going to investigate putting some sort of legislation in place, which is very much needed, considering we still use our Social Security numbers as our identity and our being.</s>HARRIS: Yes.</s>K. DOLAN: You know, Tony, we've got to do something other than Social Security number as our national identifier.</s>HARRIS: Right.</s>K. DOLAN: Because once identity theft-ers get past the personal information, which is kind of easy to get out of your trash can and stuff, then they get the Social Security number. You're dead. It's happened -- it's happened to us, and we're going to pass it along.</s>HARRIS: I've got to tell you. I pulled up the site. And here's the description of ChoicePoint, the company description?</s>K. DOLAN: Yes.</s>HARRIS: It says ChoicePoint provides risk management and fraud prevention information. Fraud prevention information.</s>K. DOLAN: Yikes.</s>HARRIS: Hello.</s>K. DOLAN: Hello there.</s>HARRIS: OK. So you're going to take that on a little bit over the weekend, as well. Right?</s>D. DOLAN: We definitely are.</s>HARRIS: Good.</s>K. DOLAN: Talk about the problem, Tony. We're going to try to talk the solution. There's no solution to protecting yourself 100 percent.</s>HARRIS: Right.</s>K. DOLAN: But we'll see if we can minimize the odds.</s>HARRIS: OK.</s>K. DOLAN: Speaking of the odds, when we went to Hollywood this past -- this past few days, we don't care what people are going to wear at the ceremonies, Tony. We wanted to talk about the movie business and where it's going. And we've got some good stuff to talk about.</s>HARRIS: Well, what did you get?</s>D. DOLAN: Well, in fact, we were able to sit down and talk with Dan Glickman, who is the new head of the Motion Picture Association of America.</s>HARRIS: Taking over for Jack Valenti.</s>D. DOLAN: Exactly.</s>K. DOLAN: Exactly right, Tony.</s>D. DOLAN: Interestingly enough, not quite taking over in every respect. We'll talk about the ratings situation, which Jack developed and still has a hold on right now.</s>HARRIS: Right.</s>D. DOLAN: But the big issue for Hollywood through the MPAA is the downloading and piracy of movies online...</s>HARRIS: Yes.</s>D. DOLAN: ... and from sitting in the movie theater with a video camera and bootlegging them.</s>HARRIS: Right. Right.</s>D. DOLAN: They're now saying that in 2004 they lost about $3.5 billion. And as Dan Glickman points out in our interview, it is theft. Unfortunately, for most Americans, they see the big buck salaries that the stars make...</s>HARRIS: Right.</s>D. DOLAN: ... and forget that that hurts the little guys that do the catering on the sets and the makeup and things of that nature.</s>HARRIS: So Daria, what's part -- what is the solution? Is it new technology to prevent it? Is it -- is it legislation? What's the answer here?</s>K. DOLAN: Honesty.</s>D. DOLAN: Well, right now the MPAA is doing what the RIA, the radio -- Recording Industry of America didn't do fast enough, and that is lawsuits.</s>HARRIS: I see. I see.</s>K. DOLAN: So we'll talk about that moral and ethical issue, Tony. And I know an awful lot of people, and I talked to Dan Glickman. You've got to watch, Tony. That is how upset can we get, as Daria said, on fat cat Hollywood people worrying that somebody is downloading a little movie someplace.</s>HARRIS: Well, you know what's interesting about that is when you look at this crop of films, and Daria was talking about this a little earlier today, when you look at this crop of movies that are nominated in the Best Picture categories, one of the big prestige categories...</s>K. DOLAN: Yes. Yes.</s>HARRIS: ... this crop of films has made less money than films in this category over years past. Correct?</s>K. DOLAN: Great point, Tony.</s>D. DOLAN: Well, you know, it's sort of like open an envelope or open their veins on Sunday evening. When you look at the topics that were big, almost alcoholism...</s>HARRIS: Yes.</s>D. DOLAN: ... assisted suicide. And all the things...</s>K. DOLAN: Drugs.</s>D. DOLAN: ... that Hollywood liked is really a downer for the rest of us in America. So they're off 41 percent with the nominated pictures, gross, year to date where they would have been about 41 percent ahead of last year.</s>K. DOLAN: Tony...</s>HARRIS: Yes, Ken?</s>K. DOLAN: ... where the heck is -- where's Fred Astaire when you need him?</s>HARRIS: When you need him. All right. To pump up some box office. I've got to tell you. You've got an -- you've got an airline horror story you're going to share with folks tomorrow, as well.</s>K. DOLAN: I'm not even going to tell you anything.</s>HARRIS: OK.</s>K. DOLAN: Because I start crying. The crew had to console me. So I'm going to hold it until tomorrow.</s>HARRIS: Daria, will you console him if humanly possible? See you both tomorrow. OK?</s>D. DOLAN: A little muzzle on him, I think, would work, Tony.</s>HARRIS: Those topics plus what you need to know about eminent domain. What are your rights when the government says it is going to seize your property? Tomorrow morning on "DOLANS UNSCRIPTED." That's right here on CNN, 10 a.m. Eastern.</s>PHILLIPS (voice-over): Next on LIVE FROM, they were born into brothels. But a woman gives them a camera and inspiration. Now, their story is up for an Oscar. We'll talk with the moviemakers about the film and the courageous kids that made it happen. Later on LIVE FROM...</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Open the door now!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right now!</s>PHILLIPS: Hot on the trail with fugitive hunters. Just how far will they go to bring in their man or woman? And later on</s>LIVE FROM: life and death situation. A man needs a kidney. 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