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23 May

Privacy concerns press Congress to legislate vehicle black box data recorders

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is taking a hands-off approach to mandating the installation of vehicle data recorders, -the manufacturer and after market installed safety and crash data monitoring devices- preferring legislation to regulation. The “black box” recorder...
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22 May

Electronic criminal records indexes

National Background Data (NBD) is a supplier of electronic criminal histories. Another source is Rapsheets, which can be directly purchased on the Internet or through vendors. A few years ago, NBD presented at a conference of pre employment background screeners,...
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19 May

Federal legislation aims to prevent caller id spoofing

HR 5126, Truth in Caller ID Act of 2006, is in the first stages of consideration by Congress, referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.and the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. The sponsor, Joe Barton, launched his...
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19 May

Maine cell phone customer records covered by new privacy legislation

Last week, the governor of Maine signed into law LD 2038, An Act To Protect the Privacy of Cellular Telephone Customers. The law specifically bans the unauthorized acquisition and sale of subscriber cell phone records. Read the press...
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19 May

Berkeley California crime log plotted on Google maps

Many innovative folks, some who have too much spare time, have found their calling applying the technology behind Google Maps to their own area of interest. One useful application is plotting crime reports on a map. Perhaps the most well-known...
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California, Criminal, Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 1 Comment

17 May

Ontario Canada police expand missing and unidentified persons database

The Ontario Provincial Police Web site houses the Missing Persons and Unidentified Bodies/Remains database, which is searchable by blocks of years. The Unidentified Persons database is a collection of photographs. The Missing Persons List includes images and personal information. It...
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Canada, Databases, International 1 Comment

17 May

GAO recommends truncating social security numbers available to information resellers

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on its recommendations to Congress for creating standards for truncating Social Security Numbers. The report, Social Security Numbers: Internet Resellers Provide Few Full SSNs, but Congress Should Consider Enacting Standards for...
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16 May

Oklahoma governor signs telephone pretext legislation

Oklahoma legislation, HB 2903 – An Act relating to telephone records, prohibiting certain acts with telephone records without the authorization of the customer, has been signed into law, going into affect November 1, 2006. Procuring or receiving 10 or more...
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14 May

New Jersey appellate court opens court records

The New Jersey Superior Court has determined that public access to court proceedings and court records supercedes any agreement by the litigants to keep records confidential. The trial court judge claimed that opening the court records could injure the parties’...
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14 May

Federal court to decide Delaware public records case

The Third Circuit Court is hearing a case that will determine whether a portion of Delaware’s public records act is constitutional. Delaware is one of only 10 states, according to a New York Times article, that bars nonresidents from obtaining...
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