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Category Archives: New York

27 Jul

New York Parolee Search

Not all government sites are created equal. How do you interpret the discrepancy between the New York Department of Corrections Inmate Information lookup and the New York Department of Corrections Parolee Search? The result from a name search on the...
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22 Apr

New York Chills Employment Investigations

The phrase “personal information” and “identity theft” have become so intertwined that legislatures have rushed to implement laws which have detrimental outcomes for investigations. Recently codified New York law would subject employers to a $500 penalty for disclosing “personal identifying...
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Legislation, New York, Personal Data, States employment, Legislation, New York, personal information 1 Comment

31 Jul

New York State Employees Online

The Empire Center for New York State Policy has begun to build databases to make New York government more transparent. Just today, the Center’s project, SeeThruNY unveiled a database of names and salaries for more than 263,000 employees of New...
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Databases, New York, Public Records, States 2 Comments

28 May

Database of the Day: New York Voter Registration Lookup

It’s the season when government agencies attend to their voter registration online access. Election time presents a good opportunity to call people for information gathering. I’ll leave the details to your imagination, but in the interim check the New York...
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New York, Public Records, South Dakota, States 1 Comment

25 May

New York AG Exacts Fine from US Search

Data reseller USSearch.com will pay $250,000 for accessing and selling non-public personally identifiable information obtained from credit bureaus. The New York Attorney General determined that US Search illegally accessed the consumer information more than 2,385 times. If they sold each...
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New York, Personal Data, States Leave a comment

16 May

Database of the Day: Domestic Partnership Registry

The recent California Supreme Court decision overturning California’s law banning same-sex marriage as unconstitutional provides a timely discussion of the domestic partnership registry. California, among other states and municipalities provides a means for couples — variously, same or opposite sex...
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California, Databases, New York, Oregon, Public Records, States 1 Comment

26 Jan

DUI and Violent Offender Registries

I guess the sex offender registries have been a sufficiently popular idea that states are continuing to create boutique criminal records databases. Baltimore, Maryland recently approved legislation that would create a public database of Gun Offenders, requiring those convicted of...
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California, Criminal, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, New York, Public Records, States, Tennessee Criminal, DUI, DWI, offender, registries 2 Comments

23 Dec

This week in public records: New York – Minnesota – Vermont

The New York Court of Appeals supported the private real property data vendor, Data Tree, in its quest to secure an electronic version of property records. New York Court of Appeals Rejects Reporters Committee Rationale, Access Reports, December 20, 2007....
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Minnesota, New York, Public Records, Real Property, States, Vermont, Vital Records Leave a comment

9 Dec

Public Records Databases Roundup

The New York Attorney General site, Project Sunlight, makes many New York State public records accessible in one search. Conduct a name search simultaneously through corporation, charities, lobbyist, financial contributions and state contracts databases. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925 have been...
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Databases, Genealogy, International, New York, Public Records, States, Vital Records 3 Comments

26 Aug

The roller coaster conversation about public records on the Web

The citizenry and government both come to the wrong conclusions about the ready availability of public records on the Internet. The City of Raleigh, North Carolina and Wake County joined dozens of other communities that have begun integrating crime activity...
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Colorado, Florida, Government, New York, North Carolina, Public Records, States, Washington Leave a comment