Naked in Cyberspace

by Lane, Carole A.; Burwell, Helen P.; Davies, Owen

• ISBN13: 9780910965170
• ISBN10: 091096517X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-10-01
• Publisher: Information Today Inc

Summary

Now that most personal records are easily searchable online, we're all naked in cyberspace. Readers can use this book to perform asset searches, find genealogical information, screen potential partners, identify prospective customers and investors, recruit employees, search adoption registries, conduct prospect/fundraising research and locate people.

Table of Contents

About Links to Sites and Staying Current	xxi
Foreword	xxiii
Acknowledgments	xxvii
I. INTRODUCTION TO PERSONAL RECORDS IN CYBERSPACE
Welcome to Cyberspace (Check Your Clothes at the Door)	3	(6)
How This Book Is Organized	6	(1)
What Type of Research Interests You?	7	(1)
Types of Personal Records	8	(1)
Where Can I Find More Information?	8	(1)
Database Searching	9	(12)
Equipment and Software	9	(1)
Types of Database Vendors	10	(1)
Boutique Services	10	(1)
Multi-Producer Database Vendors	10	(1)
Gateway Services	11	(1)
Types of Data	11	(1)
Search Languages	12	(2)
Delayed Retrieval	14	(1)
Database Pricing and Fees	15	(1)
CD-ROM Database Pricing	15	(1)
Online Database Pricing	16	(1)
Copyright and Resale	17	(1)
Errors and Omissions	18	(1)
Information Professionals or Brokers	18	(3)
The Internet, Bulletin Board Systems, and Personal Information	21	(8)
What the Internet Is Not	22	(1)
What Kinds of Personal Information Can You Find on the Internet and Commercial Bulletin Board Systems?	23	(6)
A Few Sample Searches	29	(12)
Locating a Person	29	(1)
Searching for Assets	30	(4)
A Background Profile	34	(7)
A Word About Privacy	41	(8)
Privacy Laws	41	(2)
Technology and Personal Information	43	(2)
A Last Word about Privacy	45	(4)
II. HOW PERSONAL RECORDS ARE USED
Locating People	49	(14)
Getting Started	50	(2)
The Problems with Names	52	(3)
Databases Used	55	(1)
What Do You Know About the Person?	55	(1)
Is the Name Unique?	55	(1)
How Long Has It Been Since You Knew Where This Person Was?	55	(1)
Is the Person Hiding?	56	(1)
Is the Person Famous? An Expert?	56	(1)
Are There Friends or Relatives Who Might Be Located as an Alternative?	56	(1)
How Old Is the Person?	57	(2)
What Is Your Relationship to the Person? Why Are You Looking for Him or Her?	59	(1)
Summary	60	(3)
Pre-Employment Screening	63	(12)
What Is Pre-Employment Screening?	64	(1)
Professional Licenses	65	(2)
Motor Vehicle Records	67	(1)
FAA Airmen	67	(1)
Consumer Credit Records	67	(2)
An Alternative Social Security Number Screening Device	69	(1)
Earnings History	69	(1)
Education Verification	70	(1)
Employment History	70	(1)
Worker's Compensation History	70	(1)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Records	71	(1)
Medical Records	71	(1)
Public Records	71	(1)
Combined Pre-Employment Searches	71	(1)
Other Pre-Employment Databases	72	(1)
Summary	72	(3)
Recruitment and Job Searching	75	(10)
Job Seekers	75	(1)
General Resume Databases	76	(1)
Jobs Sought Within a Geographic Area	77	(1)
Jobs Sought Within an Industry	77	(1)
Minorities Seeking Employment	78	(1)
Military	78	(1)
College Students Seeking Employment	78	(1)
Hot Prospects	79	(1)
Job Openings	79	(1)
Classified Ads	80	(1)
Openings Within an Industry	80	(2)
Openings Within Specific Companies or Agencies	82	(1)
Openings Within a Geographic Area	82	(1)
Openings for College Students	82	(1)
Newsletters	82	(1)
Summary	83	(2)
Tenant Screening	85	(4)
Credit Records	85	(1)
Public Records	85	(1)
Tenant Databases	86	(1)
Summary	86	(3)
Asset Searches	89	(8)
Anyone Who Is About to Sue Someone	89	(1)
Anyone Being Sued	89	(1)
Anyone Going Into Business With Someone	89	(1)
Anyone Extending a Substantial Amount of Credit to Someone	89	(1)
What Types of Records are Available?	90	(5)
What's Missing?	95	(1)
Summary	96	(1)
Competitive Intelligence	97	(6)
Who's Who?	97	(1)
Corporate Musical Chairs	97	(1)
Current Awareness	98	(1)
Where Have They Been? What Have They Done?	98	(1)
What Are They Thinking?	99	(1)
Stock Ownership	100	(1)
Business Predictions Hidden in Public Records	100	(1)
Summary	101	(2)
Identifying an Expert	103	(12)
Preparing a Legal Case	103	(1)
Planning a Meeting	103	(1)
Recruiting New Employees	104	(1)
Pursuing the Unknown	104	(1)
Producing a Talk Show	104	(1)
Writing an Article, Book, Play, or TV Show	105	(1)
How Can You Identify an Expert?	105	(8)
Summary	113	(2)
Prospect Research (Fundraising)	115	(4)
News	115	(1)
Campaign Contributions	115	(1)
Public Records	116	(1)
Telephone Directory Databases	116	(1)
Motor Vehicle Records	116	(1)
Mailing Lists	116	(1)
Foundations and Grants Databases	117	(1)
Summary	117	(2)
Private Investigation	119	(6)
Public Records	119	(1)
Motor Vehicle Records	119	(1)
Telephone Directories	119	(1)
Not All Private Investigators Use Databases	120	(1)
Bulletin Boards	120	(1)
Further Information	121	(4)
III TYPES OF PERSONAL RECORDS
Biographies	125	(8)
Biographical Book Directories	125	(1)
Biographical Books	126	(1)
Encyclopedias	127	(1)
Biographical Index Directories	127	(2)
Biographical Directories	129	(1)
Biographical Newspaper Articles	130	(1)
Other Biographical News	131	(1)
Bulletin Board Services	131	(2)
General Indices	133	(10)
Dialindex	133	(2)
FamilyFinder Index	135	(2)
Public Records Indices	137	(1)
Information America's Wizard	137	(1)
CDB Infotek's Info:PROBE Searches	137	(2)
CDB Infotek's CompuTrace	139	(4)
Telephone Directories	143	(6)
Geographic Differences	143	(1)
Residential Versus Business	143	(1)
Subject Area	143	(1)
Currentness	143	(1)
Accuracy	144	(1)
Added Content	144	(1)
Search Capabilities	145	(1)
Use Restrictions	145	(1)
Price	146	(1)
Telephone Directories on the Internet	146	(1)
For Further Information	147	(2)
Staff, Professional, and Other Directories	149	(4)
Staff Directories	149	(1)
Professional Directories	150	(2)
Ancillary Directories	152	(1)
Mailing Lists	153	(14)
Telephone Directories	153	(1)
Other Directories	154	(1)
Magazine Subscriptions	155	(1)
Associations and Membership Groups	155	(1)
Call-Ins/Write-Ins/Buyers	156	(2)
Warranty Registration Cards	158	(1)
Friends and Family	159	(1)
Telephone Inquiries	159	(1)
Attendees	159	(1)
Donors	159	(1)
Government Agencies	160	(1)
Public Records	161	(1)
Online Mailing Lists	161	(1)
Mailing List Swapping	162	(1)
Finding an Existing Mailing List	162	(2)
Mailing List Expenses	164	(1)
Stopping the Junk Mail and Telemarketing Calls	164	(3)
News	167	(14)
News Directories	167	(1)
Newspapers	168	(1)
Newswires	169	(2)
Magazines	171	(1)
Journals	172	(2)
Zines	174	(1)
Newsletters	175	(1)
Television and Radio Transcripts	176	(1)
Combined News Databases	177	(1)
News Clipping Services, Current Awareness, and SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information)	178	(1)
Bulletin Boards	179	(2)
Photographic Images	181	(6)
Photo Stock Agencies	181	(1)
News Services	182	(1)
Business Periodicals and Magazines	183	(1)
Missing Children and Loved Ones	183	(1)
Criminals	184	(1)
Alleged Abductors	184	(1)
Registered Sex Offenders	184	(1)
The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives	185	(1)
Photos Included in Other Databases	185	(2)
Quotations	187	(4)
Speech Databases	187	(1)
Quotations Databases	187	(1)
Professional and Technical Papers Presented	188	(1)
Published Articles	188	(1)
Published Books	188	(1)
Political Speeches	189	(1)
College Dissertations	189	(1)
Quotations Bulletin Boards	189	(2)
Bank Records	191	(4)
Personal Bank Accounts	191	(1)
Business Bank Accounts	192	(3)
Business Credit and Company Financial Records	195	(2)
Public Records	195	(1)
Sources of Business Financial Information	196	(1)
Consumer Credit Records	197	(14)
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)	197	(1)
604---Permissible Purpose of Reports	197	(1)
Credit Databases	198	(1)
Searching the Credit Files	199	(1)
Credit Agency Reports	199	(1)
Consumer Credit History (a.k.a. Profile or Acrofile or Focus Form 2000) Reports	200	(2)
Employment (a.k.a. Employment Insight, Persona, or PEER) Reports	202	(1)
Collection Reports	203	(1)
Consumer Reports	203	(1)
Address Update (a.k.a. Finders, Return Mail, Credit Header, Atlas, or FACT) Reports	203	(1)
Address Verification (a.k.a. Report Card) Reports	204	(1)
Social Security Number Search (a.k.a. DTEC or TRACE) Reports	204	(1)
Fraud Alert/Prevention/Detection (a.k.a. FACS+, Safescan, Fraud Detect, HAWK, HAWKeye) Reports	205	(1)
Examples of Additional Credit Services	205	(1)
Credit Bureaus	206	(1)
Consumer Rights	206	(1)
Requesting a Copy of Your Credit Report	207	(1)
Foreign Consumer Credit Records	208	(1)
Limitations on the Records Displayed on Credit Reports	208	(1)
Summary	209	(2)
Criminal Justice Records	211	(14)
Criminal Justice Databases	211	(1)
Advance Passenger Information System (APIS)	212	(1)
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)	212	(1)
Booking Logs	212	(1)
Central Repository	212	(1)
Consolidated Asset Tracking System (CATS)	213	(1)
Cousolidated DNA Identification System (CODIS)	213	(1)
Counterdrug Information Indices System (DRUGX)	214	(1)
Crime Information Network (CINet)	214	(1)
Criminal Records	214	(1)
EPIC (El Paso Intelligence Center) Database	214	(1)
Inmate Logs	214	(1)
INS Automated Fingerprint Identification System	215	(1)
INS Passenger Accelerated Service System (INSPASS)	215	(1)
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)	215	(1)
Interagency Border Inspection System (IBIS)	215	(1)
The INTERPOL-U.S. National Central Bureau System	215	(1)
Interstate Identification Index (III)	215	(1)
Motor Vehicle Records	216	(1)
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)	216	(1)
National Drug Pointer Index System (NDPIX)	217	(1)
National Fingerprint File (NFF)	217	(1)
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)	217	(1)
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)	218	(1)
Regional Information Sharing System (RISS)	218	(1)
Violent Gang and Terrorist Organizations File (VGTOF)	218	(1)
Other Uses for Criminal Records	218	(1)
International Criminal Justice Organizations and Databases	218	(1)
Europol	218	(1)
Interpol and Trevi	218	(1)
Criminal Justice Bulletin Boards and Networks	219	(1)
Additional Criminal Justice Databases and Systems	219	(1)
For Further Information	220	(1)
Publications	220	(2)
Other Criminal Justice Resources	222	(3)
Department of Motor Vechicles	225	(6)
Identifying Information on Individuals	225	(1)
Driver's License Data	225	(1)
Driving Records	226	(1)
Vehicle Registrations	227	(1)
Vessel Registrations	227	(1)
Vehicle/Vessel Histories	228	(1)
Problem Driver Pointer System (PDPS)	228	(1)
How to Access DMV Records Online	228	(1)
Regulations on Accessing DMV Records	229	(2)
Death Records	231	(8)
Social Security Records	231	(1)
CDB Infotek's CompuTrace	231	(1)
Social Security Death Records Index (CD110)	232	(1)
Public Records Vendors	233	(1)
Fatality Reports	234	(1)
Cemetery Records	235	(1)
Salt Lake City Cemetery Records (CD168)	235	(1)
USA Wars: Vietnam	235	(1)
Mortality Records Indices	235	(1)
Mortality Records Index: United States---Family Archive (CD164)	236	(1)
Texas 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 Mortality Schedule (CD49)	236	(1)
Demografiska Databasen	236	(1)
Deaths in the News	237	(1)
Public Record of Death	237	(1)
Deaths in Other Databases	238	(1)
Tax Records	239	(2)
Franchise Tax Records	239	(1)
Board of Equalization Records (or State Sales Tax Board)	239	(1)
Property Tax Records	239	(1)
Income Tax Records Within Public Records	240	(1)
Medical and Insurance Records	241	(5)
Medical Registries	242	(2)
Access to Medical Records	244	(1)
Medical Insurance Databases	245	(1)
Public Records	246	(5)
Civil Records	246	(1)
Motor Vehicle Records	247	(1)
Worker's Compensation Records	247	(1)
News	247	(1)
Mailing Lists	247	(1)
OSHA Records	248	(1)
Concern for the Future	249	(2)
Public Records	251	(30)
Limitations of Online Public Records	251	(2)
Types of Public Records Available Online	253	(1)
Arrests	253	(1)
Articles of Incorporation	253	(1)
Bankruptcy Records	253	(1)
Business Public Filings	254	(1)
Campaign Contributions	254	(1)
Case Transcripts	254	(1)
Case Summaries	255	(1)
Certificates of Listings or Secretary of State Filings	255	(1)
Certificates of Merger	255	(1)
Certificates of Name Reservation	255	(1)
Certificates of Non-Filing	255	(1)
Certificates of Status	255	(1)
Civil Court Indices	256	(1)
Consumer Public Filings	257	(1)
Corporate and Limited Partnership Records	257	(1)
Corporate Document Listings or Corporate Records	257	(2)
Corporate Tax Records	259	(1)
Court Dockets	259	(1)
Criminal Records	259	(1)
Death Records	260	(1)
Divorce Records	260	(1)
Federal Tax Liens	260	(1)
Fictitious Name Statements	260	(1)
Franchise Tax Board Status Letters	261	(1)
Grantor/Grantee Indices	261	(1)
Hospital Liens	261	(1)
Judgments	261	(1)
Lawsuits	261	(1)
Liens	262	(1)
Limited Partnership Records	262	(1)
Lis Pendens	262	(1)
Marriage License Indices	262	(1)
Mechanic's Liens	263	(1)
Notice of Default/Notice of Sale	263	(1)
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Records	264	(1)
Probate Records	264	(1)
Real Property Ownership	264	(2)
Sales and Use Tax Permits	266	(1)
SEC Reports	267	(1)
Sidewalk Liens	268	(1)
Statements and Designations by Foreign Corporations and Amendments	268	(1)
Statements of Domestic Stock Corporations	268	(1)
Tax Liens	268	(2)
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Indices	270	(1)
Court Records Systems	270	(1)
Appellate Court Electronic Services (ACES)	271	(1)
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)	271	(1)
Other Types of Records Available from Public Records Vendors	271	(1)
Business Credit Records	271	(1)
Consumer Credit Records	271	(1)
Death Records (from the Social Security Benefits Records)	271	(1)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Records	271	(1)
Fish and Game Licenses	272	(1)
General Indices	272	(1)
Military Locators	272	(1)
Motor Vehicle Records	272	(1)
National Address Search	272	(1)
National (Postal) Change of Address (NCOA)	272	(1)
Professional Licenses	272	(1)
Publishers' Change of Address	273	(1)
Telephone Directory Searches	273	(1)
Utility Company Records	274	(1)
Voter Registration Records	274	(1)
Watercraft Ownership Records	274	(1)
Worker's Compensation Records	275	(1)
Grouped Searches	275	(1)
Other Services Available from Public Records Vendors	275	(1)
Document Retrieval	275	(1)
On-Site Court Searches	276	(1)
Screening and Verification Services	276	(1)
Summary	276	(5)
Adoption Records	281	(6)
Adoption/Reunion Registries	281	(3)
Birthparent Connection Registry	284	(1)
Bulletin Boards	284	(1)
Adoption/Reunion Publications	285	(1)
Adoption Legislation	285	(1)
Children Available for Adoption	285	(2)
Celebrity Records	287	(18)
Biographies and Credits	287	(4)
Upcoming Projects	291	(1)
Contact Information and Business Relationships	292	(3)
News	295	(1)
Other Databases	296	(2)
Bulletin Boards	298	(4)
Celebrity Deaths	302	(3)
Genealogical Records	305	(38)
Software	305	(2)
Standard Genealogical Record Formats	307	(1)
Genealogical Networks and Bulletin Boards	308	(1)
Commercial Databases	309	(1)
Where to Get Started	310	(1)
Name Indices	310	(4)
Soundex Codes	314	(2)
Genealogical Registries and Family Pedigrees	316	(3)
Immigration Records	319	(1)
Census Records	320	(6)
Birth Record Indices	326	(1)
Marriage Record Indices	327	(3)
Real Property Records	330	(1)
Military Records	331	(4)
Combined Records	335	(1)
Ethnic Records	335	(5)
Additional Ethnic Genealogical Resources	340	(1)
Death Records	340	(1)
Genealogical Collections	341	(1)
Summary	341	(2)
Political Records	343	(10)
Political News	343	(1)
Political Directories	344	(1)
Biographies	345	(1)
Voting Records/Politics	346	(1)
Money	347	(4)
Events	351	(1)
Government Documents	351	(2)
We the People	353	(8)
Census Records	353	(3)
Other Demographic and Statistical Databases	356	(1)
Census Projections	357	(1)
Foreign Census Records, Demographics, and Statistics	357	(1)
Demographic and Statistical Publications	358	(3)
IV. WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION?
BOOKS	361	(20)
Adoptee/Birthparent Search Guides	361	(1)
Background Research/Investigative Reporting Books	362	(2)
Genealogical Research Guides	364	(6)
Locating People	370	(1)
Mailing List Directories	370	(1)
Privacy and Freedom of Information Books; Proceedings, and Government Documents	370	(9)
Public Records Research Guides	379	(2)
PERIODICALS	381	(22)
Adoptee/Birthparent Search Publications	381	(1)
Competitive and Business Intelligence Publications	381	(1)
Fundraising/Prospect Research Publications	382	(1)
Genealogical Research Publications	383	(12)
Investigative Journalism & Investigative Publications	395	(1)
Mailing Lists/Direct Marketing Publications	396	(1)
Online Research and Database Publications	396	(2)
Pre-Employment Screening and Recruitment Publications	398	(1)
Privacy and Computer Security Publications	399	(2)
Private Investigation Publications	401	(1)
Property Management Publications	401	(2)
ORGANIZATIONS	403	(93)
Adoptee/Birthparent Search Organizations	403	(2)
Asset Search Organizations	405	(1)
Fundraising/Prospect Research Organizations	405	(1)
Genealogical Research Organizations	405	(5)
Legal Research Associations	410	(1)
Mailing List/Direct Marketing Associations	411	(2)
Organizations Involved in Privacy Rights, Computer Privacy, or Freedom of Information	413	(1)
Private Investigators Associations	413	(2)
Process Server Associations	415	(1)
Professional Research Associations That Are Knowledgeable About Online Searching	415	(1)
Property Management Organizations	416	(1)
Public Records Research Organizations	416	(1)
Skip-Tracers and Collection Agency Associations	417	(1)
Tenant Screening Associations	417	(1)
Writers and Reporters Organizations	417	(4)
Appendices
Appendix A: Databases That Include Biographies	421	(6)
Appendix B: Book Directory Databases	427	(4)
Appendix C: Business Credit and Company Financial Databases Including Personal Information	431	(10)
Appendix D: Professional and Staff Directory Databases	441	(4)
Appendix E: Other Directory Databases Containing Employee Information	445	(8)
Appendix F: General Encyclopedia Databases	453	(2)
Appendix G: Magazine, Newsletter, Newspaper, and Periodical Directory Databases	455	(4)
Appendix H: Databases That Include Photographs	459	(2)
Appendix I: Quotation, Speech, and Transcript Databases	461	(4)
Appendix J: Telephone Directories	465	(4)
Appendix K: Adoption Registries	469	(4)
Appendix L: Major Bulletin Board Vendors	473	(2)
Appendix M: Public Records Producers and Vendors	475	(6)
Appendix N: Other Database Vendors	481	(12)
Appendix O: Companies and Associations That Can Help To Remove Your Name From Mailing Lists	493	(3)
Index	496