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6 Oct

This week in public records – California – Ohio – Louisiana

Reports written by private investigators for their government clients may be a public record, was the message in a ruling by the California 3rd Appellate District in BRV, Inc. v. Siskiyou County Superior Court. The court determined that the report...
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4 Oct

California AG indicts executives and data brokers for identity theft

The legitimate corporate governance issues that prompted the leak investigation by Hewlett-Packard has fallen from the front pages, now covered with the long expected indictments by the California Attorney General, Bill Lockyer, who is a current candidate for State Treasurer....
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California, Colorado, Florida, Litigation, PIs In the News, States, Telco Leave a comment

3 Oct

California law bans unauthorized access to telephone call logs

It is little surprise that Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 202, Privacy: telephone calling pattern record or list, making the acquisition of a telephone subscriber’s phone call records a crime.[Read more at Computerworld] Any person who purchases, sells, offers to purchase...
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27 Sep

This week in public records – Connecticut – Kansas

Not to be confused with the Connecticut Judicial Branch Task Force on Public Access, Governor Rell’s Commission on Judicial Reform has issued its final report. The Commission made recommendations on broadcast coverage of court proceedings and proposed opening “juvenile proceedings...
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25 Sep

Pennsylvania legislature considers a drug registry

The Judiciary Committee of Pennsylvania legislature is considering House bill 2912, which would establish an Internet registry of those convicted of methamphetamine related offences. The act would take effect in July 2007 and registrants would be removed 7 years after...
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21 Sep

The private investigator archives: Free Internet research and librarian assistance

Public libraries are a free source of periodicals and proprietary databases, many of which can be searched remotely. In Questions? – Answers from the Internet I included links to a list of public library Web sites and a real-time research...
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Connecticut, Reference, Research Methods, States 1 Comment

21 Sep

This week in public records – Connecticut – New Jersey

The Connecticut Supreme Court Public Access Task Force report recommends that the criminal index and case dockets be made available online. This action would require a change in state law, according to a Journal Inquirer article. The Advisory Committee on...
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18 Sep

HP pretexting debacle and reality journalism

The methods that HP contractors used to secure telephone call logs, “the pretext story”, repeated ad infinitum, has reporters looking for new approaches to this story. The San Jose Mercury News has posted the transcript of a call to Verizon...
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Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Personal Data, States, Telco Leave a comment

14 Sep

Pretexting phone records:The California Angle

The California Attorney General asserts he will investigate whether phone records of Hewlett-Packard Board members and journalists were obtained in violation of California Penal Code 530.5 to 530.8, the identity theft law. The puffery will surely help him garner votes...
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California, Personal Data, States 1 Comment

11 Sep

This week in public records – Florida – Military

A committee appointed by Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Lewis is recommending public hearings before a judge can seal a court file. Rules drafted by the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers would require judges to hold a...
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