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24 Aug

This week in public records: Arizona Disciplinary Records

All disciplinary records of Arizona government employees become public records September 28, 2008. Arizona Revised Statutes adds section 39-128, Disciplinary records of public officers and employees; disclosure; exceptions. Release of home address, telephone number and photograph of people in certain...
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Arizona, Government, Public Records, States 1 Comment

29 May

California AG Interprets Public Records Act to Allow Real Property Addresses On the Internet

A little noticed but potentially significant (for public records researchers) California Attorney General opinion was released a week ago. The opinion upends the almost universal interpretation of the Public Records Act by county Assessors pertaining to disseminating property addresses on...
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California, Government, Public Records, Real Property, States 1 Comment

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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30 Mar

Guide to phone records privacy

Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers, a recently released Congressional Research Service report, summarizes the laws, legislation and congressional actions related to telephone call log records. The Federation of American Scientists has a database...
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5 Mar

Database of the Day: Small Business Administration Loans Approved

Find companies and loans they’ve acquired through the Small Business Administration business loans approved database. Search by approval year and state to get a list of all companies receiving SBA loans, with the loan amount, approval date and city where...
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7 Feb

This week in databases: California – Connecticut – Immigration Doctors – DEA Registrant Actions

Those who research historical records – as I do for Quiet Title actions, family history and heir locates – will find the new California Voter Registrations – 1900-1968, supplied by Ancestry.com very helpful. You can search a name for free,...
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29 Dec

The armchair investigator: Employment background on the Internet

The online telephone directory, 411.com isn’t just for finding listed telephone numbers. Use it to identify current employment or to expand the employment history profile of your subject. A search on my name in California returned 40 results. Some are...
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Connecticut, Databases, Government, Legislation, Personal Data, Public Records, States 1 Comment

13 Dec

Database of the Day: Historical SEC Records

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Access to Archival Databases (NARA AAD) maintains searchable collections of government records and indexes online. The most popular are military: World War II Army Enlistment Records, Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded...
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9 Dec

Monday, December 10 FTC workshop on Social Security numbers

This 1 1/2 day workshop starts at 8:30am and will be Webcast. The agenda of topics and speakers from government and commerce, and professional and advocacy groups, is prominently sprinkled with privacy activists who take absolutist positions against access by...
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