~ a free dob site ~
This site could be better than ZabaSearch for getting a full DOB associated with a name and city, or finding the locale if you know the name and date of...
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~ personal data isn’t what it says ~
The site Privacy Activism released a study on the accuracy of ChoicePoint data. Surprise: some of the personal identifiers weren’t accurate! Private investigators know this because we work with this data all the time. I would never take the information...
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~ the internet rescues writers ~
My experience tells me that investigators could be better writers and often confuse the meaning of different words. This site will help you sort out homonyms –find out why “my two sense” doesn’t make...
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~ links to all courts online ~
The National Center for State Courts has a well organized list of links to all state trial, appellate and Supreme Courts, tribal and Federal courts, and law related organizations that have a presence on the Internet....
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~ florida courts and legislators pursue restriction of personal data ~
Privacy advocates are screaming for legislation to control the dissemination of personal information. What’s the downside to imposing limitations on access? ChoicePoint addressed the Florida state Committee on Privacy and Court Records: “We are concerned that the thrust of the…...
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~ a few more national archive military records are now available ~
The Federal Records Center in St. Louis is making the following military records available to the public: Navy enlisted men from 1885 until Sept. 8, 1939. Marine Corps enlisted men from 1906 until 1939. Read an article military...
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~ missouri internet documents threatened ~
A law under consideration in Missouri has County Clerks claiming that they’ll have to remove their records from the Internet. A simple requirement to remove identifying information, from Internet-posted documents, on certain state officials, can’t be done simply. Officials who...
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~ another PI, more unauthorized DMV access ~
An article titled, Judge OKs Class Action Against Union in Privacy Protection Suit, wouldn’t necessarily lead the reader to explore whether a private investigator was at the root of this class action suit. In a decision that could change the...
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~ legislative changes to north dakota’s public records law ~
The North Dakota Attorney General offers a brief summary of the 2005 legislative changes to the Open Records law. One of the most significant, restricting one agency from releasing documents generated by another, seems to parallel the same practice in...
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~ sue to keep your right of access to public records ~
The ACLU filed an Open Records lawsuit against a Rhode Island town for requiring searchers to fill out a form with personal identifiers before getting access. The plaintiff is a realtor who attempted to access the tax assessment database. The...
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