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30 Jan

National Motor Vehicle Title Information System Database

The National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) database is active now in 27 states. Check automobile titling information, including some historical theft data. This U.S. Department of Justice project was initiated to curb title fraud and the sale of...
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30 Jan

This week in public records: Florida

The final report issued by the Florida Commission on Open Government Reform recommends how the State of Florida can make its government records more accessible to the public. The report should be read by anyone concerned with open government and...
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29 Jan

This week in public records: Pennsylvania

Reversing a lower court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that some autopsy records should be disclosed to the public. Maybe the coroners will further open those records in the advent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Right To Know Law, which...
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Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 1 Comment

25 Jan

Real Time Tracking On Microblogging Search Engines

By now everyone whose discovered the Internet knows about finding background on people at two of the most popular social networking sites — Facebook and My Space. But you may not have ventured into the microblogging world of Twitter, where...
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14 Jan

Texas AG Launches Charitable Organizations Search Tool

[Charitable Organizations – Updated Mar 12, 2016] The Texas Attorney General has finally gotten around to has a search tool previously available in most other states: a charities online database. The links to the other state Attorney General or Secretary...
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11 Jan

Social Networking for Investigators

The widespread use of social networking sites is also engaging private investigators as participants — as I am on Linkedin — and as information gatherers. Law Technology News published my article, variously titled, “Research: Me, Myself & I:People can be...
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Public Records 2 Comments

11 Jan

Do Public Records Belong To the Public?

The Iowa legislature is chewing over the notion that open government records may be responsible for identity theft and should be restricted. The Identity Theft Prevention Study Committee met last month and developed a collection of recommendations, including redacting certain...
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Arizona, Criminal, Iowa, Personal Data, Public Records, States 4 Comments

1 Dec

Think Twice Before Going Undercover

Who would have thought that creating a fake profile on MySpace (a violation of their user agreement) could lead to a criminal conviction? The recent verdict in the case of Lori Drew concluded that she was guilty of computer fraud...
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30 Nov

So You Think You Know Google?

I did have one techie admit that he learned something new at the presentation I did for the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Their Sunny Climate Seminar is held every year in Hawaii, very painful… Almost as soon as I...
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1 Oct

Ohio Drunk Driver Database

A database of convicted drunk drivers is slated to go online by the end of 2008, hosted by the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Ohio’s SB 17 mandates the creation of an Internet registry listing personal information on repeat offenders....
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Criminal, Databases, Ohio, Public Records, States 2 Comments

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