This is just creepy :

A data-gathering company that was embroiled in the Florida 2000 election fiasco is being paid millions of dollars by the Bush administration to collect detailed personal information on the populations of foreign countries, enraging several governments who say the records may have been illegally obtained.

US government purchasing documents show that the company, ChoicePoint, received at least $11m (?6.86m) from the department of justice last year to supply data – mainly on Latin Americans – that included names and addresses, occupations, dates of birth, passport numbers and “physical description”. Even tax records and blood groups are reportedly included.