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Category Archives: Data Brokers

28 Mar

Social Security Death Index Now Restricted

The Social Security Death Index, also called the Death Master File, is more restricted as of this month. Have you noticed when you run a standard background report that if the individual or a listed relative has died within the...
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18 Jan

More consolidation of private investigator’s databases

TLO now owns Merlindata through the acquisition of another company that had recently purchased the public records data provider, in business since 1991 and much relied on by California private investigators. Merlindata customers will now become TLO customers with access...
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17 Apr

Follow the identity trail of data brokers

In my prior post, Due Diligence on consumer data brokers, I discussed what you should know before purchasing public records from a consumer personal information data provider. The consumer pay-per-search websites package public record and private sourced data – property...
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Data Brokers, Public Records 3 Comments

10 Apr

Due Diligence on consumer data brokers

What should you know before you purchase public records from a consumer personal information data provider? Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has a list of some of the data brokers – the well regarded and the may-be disreputable — but many, many...
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28 Sep

Texas AG Shuts Down USA Skiptrace of Colorado

The Texas Attorney General is employing various media – screen shots, video, press releases and court documents – to broadcast its recent shuttering of USA Skiptrace, AMS Research Services, Inc. and Worldwide Investigations, Inc. for selling consumers’ private telephone records...
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Colorado, Data Brokers, States, Texas 6 Comments

29 May

FTC Permanently Halts ‘Pretexting’ Scheme

Defendants Barred From Obtaining or Selling Consumers’ Phone Records to Third Parties The Federal Trade Commission has put a permanent halt to an operation that allegedly obtained consumers’ confidential phone records without their knowledge or consent and sold them to...
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Data Brokers, Government, Litigation, PIs In the News, Public Records 2 Comments

29 May

FTC Reaches Settlement With Investigators Involved In The HP Spy Scheme

The FTC reached an agreement on Wednesday for $600,000 in settlements and judgments against several private investigators others involved in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom scandal. The FTC settlement imposed a $67,000 penalty against Matthew DePante, his father, Joseph DePante, and...
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17 Apr

A slew of data brokers settle with AT&T

Data brokers who were sued last year by AT&T for purloining customer telephone records have settled with the telecommunications company. The 13 defendants were not initially named in AT&T Services, Inc. v. John Doe, filed in District Courts in Texas...
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15 Jan

Private Investigator in H-P Scandal Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Conspiracy

Private investigator, Bryan Wagner, of Littleton, Colorado pleaded guilty on Friday to identity theft and conspiracy charges in United States District Court in San Jose. His sentencing is now scheduled for June 20 in San Jose federal court. The private...
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12 Jan

Private Investigator to Plead Guilty in HP Probe

Several media outlets, including CBS News, Mercury News, and the Computer Business Review are reporting that one of the private investigators charged in the HP scandal will plead guilty today under a plea deal. It is reported that 29 year...
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Data Brokers, Government, Legislation, Litigation, Personal Data, PIs In the News, Privacy 2 Comments