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Can I Sleep Over at my Friend's House Tonight?
Avoid Putting a Child at Risk by Performing Parental Background Checks
We all have slept over at a friend’s house before. Growing up, sleepovers probably are some of the most fun you can have as a child or teenager. However, not all sleepovers end up with fond memories or even safely. Consider the following example:
It seems so innocent. Billy wants to sleep over at his new friend Tommy’s house. Before you can allow him to spend the night with Tommy’s family, you decide that you want to call Tommy’s parents and see if they sound like good people. After a few minutes of speaking with Tommy’s dad, you give the go-ahead to Billy to spend the night at Tommy’s house. The next day, you ask Billy how things went and he tells you that everyone had a great time and he got to shoot his first gun. Turns out, Tommy’s dad has been busted on weapons charges several times, a fact which you were unaware of.
If you think that the above tale seems unlikely, you are probably right. However, have you ever taken that chance with your child?
With the help of online investigative people search web sites like CriminalSearches.com, parents won’t hesitate to look up a new teacher or even run a background check on the school bus driver, yet they never seem to inquire into the pasts of fellow parents. Surprisingly, even with the increasing ease of use and lowered costs of these sites, most parents don’t even consider looking into the possibly that another parent might be dangerous or could pose harm to their children. “How could a parent be dangerous to children when he or she knows what it is like to love and care for them?” is the reasoning many parents use to justify automatically trusting other parents. However, being a parent does not necessarily mean that a person can’t:
- Have a criminal record
- Be a registered sex offender or pedophile
- Have desire or predisposition to commit crime.
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New Phone Search Technology
Though not as publicized as social security numbers, phone numbers are equally as unique to an individual and equally as useful in locating someone online. People search web site PeopleFinders.com has released new phone search technology to allow a user to locate someone based on up to and more than 30 years of historical phone number ownership records.
Sacramento, CA November 13, 2006-With the number of identity theft cases increasing world wide each year, the last thing that many people want to happen is for their social security number to be found out. However, a person’s phone number, an equally unique and identifying number, is not only available online but now can be used to locate someone by phone number alone.
According to the online news magazine People Search News.com, people search site PeopleFinders.com is allowing members of the general public access up to more than 30 years of historical phone number ownership records making it easier than ever to find people even with a phone number that may be more than thirty years old.
Often seen as the “end all, be all” of unique and identifying numbers social security numbers can help someone locate another person easily and with great certainty. Online identity protection experts now believe that a person’s phone number may be equally as unique and identifiable as other state and federally issued forms of identification.
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Business Searches: Business Background Checks Provide Can Provide Valuable Insight.
Back in March and more recently in September, Congress has been mulling over the details of data breach bills. Very simply, these bills would require business to notify consumers if their information is "reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person."
Though a standard for such bills has yet to be set, many federal and state agencies look to California Senate bill 1386 as the benchmark. Passed in 2002 and often referred to as the original data-breach law, California Senate bill 1386 requires that consumers be notified if personal identification such as Social Security number, driver's license number, account number, credit card or debit card number have been compromised. It is believed that this type of information could be used to steal a person’s identity.
Penalties for companies that fail to comply with data-breach laws have so far resulted in mostly civil penalties and requiring companies to submit to independent security audits for a set period of time.
Most people have read about or are familiar with Choice Point. Making it the largest civil penalty in FTC history, ID verification services vendor Choice Point received $15 million in civil penalties and fines and 20 years of independent security audits as a result of their data breach.
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