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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 Apr

This week in Internet Search: RootsWeb, SearchSystems, LawQuest, Voompeople

Here are some new, merely worthy of a mention and updated search portals, search engines and databases. Genealogy RootsWeb – Newspaper Indexes Search for the appearance of personal names in some historical newspapers. Public Records Portals SearchSystems – New Web...
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1 Apr

This week in public records: Colorado – Oregon – Vermont – Massachusetts

The Colorado Secretary of State has removed UCC document images from the Web site until such time as the Social Security numbers are redacted. The Secretary of State intends to issue new UCC forms that will not include the option...
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15 Mar

This week in public records – Florida – Oregon – Kansas – Georgia

Add Florida to the list of states that are concocting ill conceived “identity theft” legislation. Before long it’ll be a crime to know another person’s name. HB 1117 seeks to make possession of personal identifying information on a person without...
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Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Legislation, Oregon, Personal Data, Public Records, States 1 Comment

14 Mar

Private Investigators Involved in H-P Scandal to Avoid Jail.

According to numerous wire releases, it appears that the private investigators implicated in the Hewlett-Packard Co. scandal, will avoid jail time in a no contest plea deal to misdemeanor charges on fraudulent wire communications in California. In a statement issued...
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Government, Legislation, Litigation, Personal Data, Public Records 7 Comments

9 Mar

Congressional testimony and litigation on pretexting

The Federal Trade Commission has settled another telephone pretexting case, Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Information Search, Inc. and David J. Kacala, individually and as an officer of Information Search, Inc., Defendants. The FTC will collect $3000 from the telephone...
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9 Mar

This week in public records – Wisconsin – Texas – Idaho

A Wisconsin federal jury concluded that a police officer unlawfully disclosed a woman’s address to her ex husband, a violation of the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act. An exception is made for the service of legal papers, which was a ruse...
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5 Mar

California State Controller orders removal of social security numbers

California State Controller John Chiang has directed the Franchise Tax Board to remove Social Security Numbers from state tax liens. Tax liens are filed in county Recorder offices and entered into databases of tax liens and court judgments maintained by...
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28 Feb

This week in public records – Texas – Arkansas – California – Minnesota

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued an opinion that county clerks are required to remove social security numbers from documents before releasing them to the public. The outcry from county clerks, subsequently from legislators, has forced him to put a...
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Arkansas, California, Criminal, Minnesota, Personal Data, Public Records, Real Property, States, Texas 4 Comments

28 Feb

California Supreme Court ruling on misrepresentation and invasion of privacy

The California Supreme Court has ruled that a county trial court must determine whether a psychologist used subterfuge to obtain an interview with the foster mother of a woman who had claimed as an adult a repressed memory of childhood...
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California, Litigation, Personal Data, Privacy, States 1 Comment