Original sentence: A new NASBA/AICPA fingerprinting mandate called "BIMS" was implemented on January 1 2008.According to the AICPA, all candidates who sit for any part of the CPA exam now are fingerprinted prior to each exam section.ChoicePoint/ReedElsevier (Wikipedia: ) has had privacy issues in the recent past, including being fined by the US Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations.The fingerprints are reported to be stored in a new global fingerprint database which is shared with the foreign data-broker Choicepoint
Edited sentence: According to the AICPA, all candidates who sit for any part of the CPA exam now are fingerprinted prior to each exam section, and the fingerprints are stored in a new global fingerprint database which is shared with the foreign data-broker Choicepoint.ChoicePoint/ReedElsevier (Wikipedia: ) has had significant privacy and legal issues in the recent past, including being hit with the largest fine in the history of the US Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations.Warning to CPA Candidates:  A controversial new NASBA/AICPA fingerprinting mandate called "BIMS" was quietly implemented on January 1 2008