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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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11 Jul

Free 50 state real property assessor search

Set up an account at CourthouseDirect, a real property index and document retrieval site, and conduct a free search for nationwide real property assets by name, address, city, state or Assessors Parcel Number (APN), or any combination of fields. The...
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Public Records, Real Property 2 Comments

7 Jul

This week in public records: Pennsylvania – New Mexico – Virgin Islands

Pennsylvania’s HB1746, which is now the law, makes law enforcement and criminal court records of a juvenile available to the public if the accused was over 14 years old at the time of the offense, and the crime would have...
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6 Jul

Gathering personal information is now a felony in Illinois

The most far reaching “identity theft” legislation, potentially criminalizing the act of information gathering, has been signed into law, codified in the Illinois criminal code as Public Act 094-1008. An exception is included for private investigators, who may still use...
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Criminal, Illinois, Legislation, Personal Data, States 1 Comment

6 Jul

Cell phone use worse than driving while drunk

A preliminary study in 2003 found that drivers talking on cell phones were more impaired than those with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent. The peer reviewed article, recently completed, affirms the earlier conclusions. We used a high-fidelity driving...
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5 Jul

Florida moves to next phase of implementing electronic court records

The Florida Supreme Court has issued an order in response to Report of the Committee on Privacy & Court Records, designating Manatee County for its pilot project assessing Internet access to court records. The court has also issued standards for...
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3 Jul

More business research resources

The business reporter Christopher Carey has launched his corporate securities investigation blog, which aims to shine a light on the doings of publicly traded companies and their officers that are not the dominant players on Wall Street, but none the...
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2 Jul

So goes the country: outlawing investigative deception in California

The significant, far-reaching SB 1666, Personal Information: Obtaining Information, California legislation sponsored by Sen. Bowen, aims to make pretexting and subterfuge illegal, eliminating a research tool that can protect the privacy of the very people the bill claims to champion....
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Legislation, Personal Data 2 Comments

2 Jul

South Dakota and Oregon round out the 50 state sex offender registries online

South Dakota and Oregon have had county based sex offender lookups that are now integrated into their statewide sex offender registries. Each are online at their state sites and at the National Sex Offender Public Registry operated by DOJ. The...
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2 Jul

Can expunged records be reported in background screening?

It’s little surprise that Florida, which has had one of the most open and accessible public records of all the states, –long available to private data agreggators– has drawn fire for the appearance of expunged criminal records in commercial databases....
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Criminal, Florida, Public Records, States 5 Comments

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