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30 Mar

Guide to phone records privacy

Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers, a recently released Congressional Research Service report, summarizes the laws, legislation and congressional actions related to telephone call log records. The Federation of American Scientists has a database...
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18 Mar

Database of the day: Professional License Disciplinary Actions

While some people may endeavor to scrub their online reputation, most people aren’t concerned about personal information on the Internet. Investigators make use of formally and unintentional, detrimental and laudatory personal information that’s posted online to check the background of...
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Databases, Education, Illinois, Professional Licenses, Public Records, States 2 Comments

12 Mar

Database of the Day: California Escrow Agents’ Employees Disciplinary Actions

Search by name or partial name to find disciplinary actions by the California Department of Corporations against employees of escrow agents. Results provide full name, date of action and the restriction imposed. This database contains listing of individuals that, from...
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California, Databases, Public Records, Real Property, States 1 Comment

5 Mar

Database of the Day: Small Business Administration Loans Approved

Find companies and loans they’ve acquired through the Small Business Administration business loans approved database. Search by approval year and state to get a list of all companies receiving SBA loans, with the loan amount, approval date and city where...
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1 Mar

Diploma Mills

Find accrediting agencies and accredited institutions of higher learning at the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Web site. Search by region, state, school, accrediting agency, institution, address or city. The list of search results includes address, phone...
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Education, Hawaii, Public Records, States 4 Comments

25 Feb

Database of the Day: Alameda County Sheriff Inmate Locator

Alameda County, California has not been as advanced as other counties making public records available on the Internet. The Alameda County Sheriff joins other Sheriff departments which have created a database of current inmates. Lest public records become too easy...
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California, Criminal, Public Records, States 1 Comment

23 Feb

Database of the Day: Colorado Notaries

Verify a current notary registration by partial last name at the Colorado Secretary of State site. Returns full name, city, zip code and, start and end dates of the notary commission. It does not include expired registrations. Find other statewide...
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11 Feb

Database of the day: Albuquerque Gang Registry

The Albuquerque Police Department has established a registry of gang members who have been convicted of a violation of the Albuquerque Anti-Gang Ordinance. As of yet, there are no convictions, but records will be in an alphabetical directory and include...
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7 Feb

This week in databases: California – Connecticut – Immigration Doctors – DEA Registrant Actions

Those who research historical records – as I do for Quiet Title actions, family history and heir locates – will find the new California Voter Registrations – 1900-1968, supplied by Ancestry.com very helpful. You can search a name for free,...
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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