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Category Archives: Regulation

16 Feb

FTC and FCC activity on telephone accounts

The Federal Trade Commission has sought a permanent injunction against Action Research Group and Eye In the Sky Investigations for obtaining and selling to third parties confidential customer phone records in violation of the FTC Act prohibiting deceptive acts. Federal...
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Regulation, Telco 2 Comments

22 Jan

Proposed New Hampshire Legislation Would Allow Video & Audio Taping on Private Land

You would never think that a law would be needed to video tape on your own property, but an online news article reports a NH Legislator wants to make sure the law is clear. A Nashua man was actually arrested...
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Legislation, New Hampshire, PIs In the News, Privacy, Regulation 3 Comments

9 Dec

Pretexting for Telephone Records One Step Closer to Becoming a Federal Crime

It may soon become a federal crime to obtain a person’s telephone records. The Senate made that possible Friday night when they approved legislation similar to a bill passed by the House. The Senate bill increases the proposed fine to...
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Government, Legislation, PI Business, PIs In the News, Privacy, Regulation 6 Comments

8 Dec

Finding public conservators and guardians

The National Guardianship Association is a voluntary organization of court appointed guardians and conservators. A guardian is: An individual or organization named by order of the court to exercise any or all powers and rights over the person and/or the...
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California, Databases, Government, Regulation, States Leave a comment

4 Dec

New Hampshire Court Rules Against Private Investigator in Stalking Case

A Concord Monitor online article is reporting that the New Hampshire State Supreme Court has upheld a Concord woman’s stalking petition against Brian Blackden, a local private investigator, partly because he refused to tell the court why he’d been hired...
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Litigation, New Hampshire, PIs In the News, Privacy, Regulation 5 Comments

27 Nov

Florida Laws Outline Abuses of Technology

This article in the Gainesville Sun Newspaper of Gainesville, Florida details specific Florida laws that may impact private investigators in 5 categories: • Mobile Tracking • Telecommunications Crime • Video Voyeurism • Computer Crimes • Theft of...
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Florida, PIs In the News, Regulation, Spy Gear Leave a comment

14 Jul

LocateCell is hit with FCC fine – more to follow?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a fine against the Internet-based data broker of cell phone and telephone subscriber call logs, 1st Source Information Specialists (LocateCell). The press release only names one company but at least 40 Web sites...
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Cell, Data Brokers, Regulation, Telco Leave a comment

17 May

GAO recommends truncating social security numbers available to information resellers

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on its recommendations to Congress for creating standards for truncating Social Security Numbers. The report, Social Security Numbers: Internet Resellers Provide Few Full SSNs, but Congress Should Consider Enacting Standards for...
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Personal Data, Regulation Leave a comment

2 May

Debt collectors and cops do it – How will Congress wiggle off THAT hook?

Data brokers, responding to subpoenas issued by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee requesting their customer lists are delivering some surprising material. Apparently, law enforcement is among the customers of the resellers of customer phone records, depending on them...
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Regulation, Telco 1 Comment

22 Mar

Government challenges telephone number spoofing

Close on the heels of the legislation, regulation and litigation over the privacy of telephone subscriber information is the examination of “caller-id spoofing”. The Florida Attorney General has issued subpoenas to a website that claims to sell “calling cards that...
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