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Re: MAJOR PRIVACY ALERT!
In article <gmcgath-1609960721220001@condes.mv.com>, gmcgath@mv.mv.com
(Gary McGath) wrote:
- In article <323C43A7.730F@valley.net>, "Susan_W._Almy"
- <Susan_Almy@valley.net> wrote:
-
- >I am extremely sorry to report that I called up to try whether this was
- >really true, and it does seem to be so.
If so, that seems to be news to LEXIS. Note the highlited (-->) areas below.
SOURCE:<http://www.lexis-nexis.com/lncc/about/ptrak.html>
- Statement on the P-TRAK file from LEXIS-NEXIS
-
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- LEXIS-NEXIS markets the P-TRAK file to the legal community for use by
- general legal practitioners, litigators and public attorneys, as well as
- law enforcement agencies and police departments. These professionals use
- the P-TRAK file to assist in locating litigants, witnesses,
- shareholders, debtors, heirs and beneficiaries.
- It's important to note that LEXISÆ-NEXISÆ is a business-to-business
- service and is not a consumer online service. The LEXIS-NEXIS service is
- targeted to and used by attorneys, businesses and government agencies.
-
- LEXIS-NEXIS is aware of the sensitivities regarding the potential misuse
- of information. While business competitors of LEXIS-NEXIS have for some
- time made Social Security numbers available to users of their services,
--> - and continue to do so, LEXIS-NEXIS discontinued the display of Social
--> Security numbers in the P-TRAK file as of June 11, 1996, eleven days
--> after the product was introduced.
-
- There has been much erroneous information distributed on the Internet
--> regarding the data displayed in the P-TRAK file. The displayed record
--> may, but not always, include the name of the individual, the
--> individual's maiden and assumed names, current as well as up to two
--> previous addresses, month and year of birth and telephone number. That
- is the only information displayed in the P-TRAK file.
-
- Contrary to some messages that have been posted to some Internet
- discussion and news groups, the P-TRAK file does not contain any credit
- histories, bank account information or other personal financial data, or
- medical histories.
-
- The information displayed in the P-TRAK file is an aggregation readily
- available from public information sources such as telephone directories
- (in print and CD-ROM format) and public records maintained by government
- agencies.
-
- Through its actions, LEXIS-NEXIS is balancing the privacy concerns of
- the public with the legitimate needs of legal, business and government
- professionals for access to accurate sources of publicly available
- information. By discontinuing the display of Social Security numbers in
- P-TRAK and only providing information that is already available to the
- public from other sources, LEXIS-NEXIS believes it has responsibly met
- the expressed concerns of the public.
-
- Please direct any comments to pr@prod.lexis-nexis.com. .
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From <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/government/profile.html>
- The LEXISÆ-NEXISÆ services offer references to millions of people from
- sources such as property records, phone directories, deed records,
- census bureau data, news stories, etc.
- Find current and historical data:
- … complete names
- … dates of birth
- … addresses of homes and businesses
- … home and business phone numbers
- … addresses and phone numbers of residences or businesses on the same
- street.
- … value of real property owned and/or deed transfers
- … watercraft or aircraft ownership
- … Texas motor vehicle registrations
- … tax liens and judgments
- … registered DBA names from selected counties in 47 states and D.C.
- … licensing records from 38 California, 25 New Jersey and 28
- Pennsylvania licensing boards.
--> … Social Security numbers and names for which the Social Security
--> Administration has paid death benefits since 1962 -- an easy way to
--> determine if a SSN is being used fraudulently.
--
Kirk Kerekes
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