Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04115.html --- From: "Alex R. Cohen" <arcat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: Re: Robert Gellman replies to jlists too eager to side with privacy Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:05:39 -0500 Declan: I don't know what mechanism controls access to this data by private investigators, but I do know what applies to lawyers with Lexis accounts, for addresses gleaned from a range of rather private sources, probably including drivers licenses: They have to click a button that says, "I'm entitled to access this data." No details are required. What prevents them from clicking that button and getting their favorite celebrity's home address? Only the star's ingenuity at keeping the address out of the records. I've been invited to run just that sort of search in order to learn how to use that Lexis database--I and a number of other people, all on one account, so there's no record of who is responsible for which search. ALEX R. COHEN Class of 2003 University of Pennsylvania Law School ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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