Originally working as MapInfo resellers and Geographical Information System (GIS) developers, the company saw early success by securing contracts with companies such as the BBC, Experian and Orange (brand).
The head offices of the Premier League and Experian are located here, as is the Matlock Bank, Mayfair Conference Centre, The Victory Services Club, and various marketing and sales companies such as Jacobs Consultancy, Spencer Stuart, and ZS Associates.
The company now employs 17,000 people with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and operational headquarters in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Costa Mesa, California, US, São Paulo, Brazil, and Heredia, Costa Rica.
Prosecutors claim that he planned to aggregate the stolen data with Snipermail's existing database, and then offer to sell Snipermail to credit rating company Experian.
He was listed in Who's Who 2009 as a Non-executive Director of Drax Power Ltd. and A Division Holdings, a Consultant to BAE Systems plc; Initial Electronic Security Systems Ltd; and an adviser to Electronic Data Systems Ltd; AES Electric Ltd; United Utilities plc; Experian and Capgemini UK plc.
TrustedID's initial products, launched in 2006, were focused on helping consumers "freeze" their credit reports, following the advent of legislation that gave individuals the right to stop the three national credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian and Trans Union, from selling and individuals credit data without first getting consumer consent.
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Under the Data Protection Act of 1998, Callcredit, Equifax and Experian are required by law to offer a statutory credit file, which is sent out in the post and takes around seven working days.
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There are five credit reference agencies in the UK; Callcredit, Dun & Bradstreet, Equifax, Experian and National Hunter.
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Callcredit, Equifax and Experian gain information about consumers’ credit records from various sources including banks, building societies and lenders that have granted the consumer credit.
In 1997, majority ownership of Experian's real estate information business was acquired by The First American Corporation, in a partnership with Experian.
It was within his time at Experian and working together with Hitwise that he gained a profile for advising businesses such as Yahoo, Microsoft and eBay on social networking and internet marketing.
The system was set up in 1993, by MCL Software of Southport, Merseyside, now an Experian subsidiary.
When he resigned from Anglo Irish Bank, Fitzpatrick also resigned his non-executive directorships at Greencore, Aer Lingus, Experian, Smurfit Kappa Group, and Gartmore Irish Growth Fund.