US People Search Settles With FTC Over Privacy Complaints

US Search ( www.ussearch.com ) a people search and public records data provider has settled with the Federal Trade Commission regarding consumer complaints that their people search failed to keep a promise that it would not share people records of customers who paid a privacy fee. US Search, claims to be the top people search […]

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Facebook People Search – A Great Tool For Lawyers & Police

As Facebook has grown more popular and people have become more comfortable updating their profiles with increasingly detailed personal information, the social network has become a primary background research tool for lawyers and police. Divorce attorneys routinely use Facebook to search for clues about a spouse’s infidelity and police departments use Facebook people searches to […]

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Bing May Use Facebook Data For Social Search Results

According to AllThingsDigital.com, Microsoft is in negotiations with Facebook to use social recommendations from users in Bing web search results. If a search agreement is reached between Microsoft and Facebook, Bing would mine anonymous user data from Facebook ‘Likes’ to return search results that are based on popularity within the Facebook social network. Microsoft sees […]

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Your Right To Video Tape Police Officers

As video tape recorders have become more common and portable so have the number of video recordings of police activity. Citizen rights to record public figures, including law enforcement, have come under attack, especially in the state of Maryland, where police officers have routinely intimidated citizens who record police actions. Some police officers have even […]

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Neighborhood Crime Search

CrimeReports.com is a crime mapping search that lets people do crime and criminal searches based on location. The crime search site can network groups, businesses, and police at the local level. CrimeReports.com lets people create groups and neighborhoods on the same maps where crime and sex offender records are shown. People can add friends and […]

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