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privacy and public records

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Perhaps you’ve had a brush with the law as a juvenile, a youthful indescretion - you exercised poor judgment and maybe did a little time in the slammer for it. After having been an upstanding law-abiding citizen who doesn’t even smoke cigarettes, for so many years, you decided to have the record expunged so […]

Government turns to data mining

Friday, June 16th, 2006

Data mining for the Federal Government is booming business. Federal Agencies are hiring private data mining companies in ever increasing numbers. Yes Virginia! Even the Fed hires Private-I firms.
They are buying data from the private sector which would normally be difficult for the government to compile themselves, such as consumer habits. Ironically, you would […]

Police digging up phone records

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Are the cops digging up your private phone records? It may not be just the NSA under the Patriot Act who’s digging up phone records, but local police as well. People are starting to ask questions if law enforcement might be skirting privacy laws to dig up phone records from data brokers who operate […]

Phone records for sale!

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Did you know your cell phone and land line phone records are public - for sale? Your unlisted phone number is not fool-proof for preventing unwanted phone calls, from telemarketers to old flames! If there is somebody out there who’s determined to get it and is willing to pay for it, they will obtain it.
How […]

Cell phone records for sale!

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

Most people would assume their cell phone records are private, but nothing could be further from the truth.
There are online firms such as Locatecell who are in the business of selling people’s private cell phone records for a price - usually about US$100.00. In today’s world, this invasion of privacy can be dangerous.
Cell phone […]