ChoicePoint to Divest DM Business

ChoicePoint Inc. announced on Monday that it plans to sell its direct marketing unit ChoicePoint Precision Marketing and other businesses as part of larger corporate restructuring plan.

“Over time we have transformed our company from a labor intensive data business to a provider of information based technology,” said company chairman and CEO Derek V. Smith, in a statement.

ChoicePoint said it plans to continue normal operations at affected businesses until they are sold. ChoicePoint Precision Marketing presently employs 671 at offices in Peoria, IL; El Paso, TX; Pensacola, FL; Andover, MA; Alpharetta, GA and Durham, NC.