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DATA PIRATES

Private Companies that sell Public Records: A huge problem.
They sell information about YOU that is often incorrect and may have already been expunged AND often times they will not correct the error. How do they do this? Often times it is our very own government agencies that sell them the information.

The Biggest Offenders

The list below contains businesses that sell YOUR information and could not care less whether your record is correct or has been expunged. Everyone needs to write their congressmen and women regarding this serious issue. Harsh penalties must be legislatively imposed for companies that fail to check their records for inaccuracies and expunged records. Currently, the law is weak on the liability of these companies.

NUMBER ONE OFFENDER : www.PublicData.com (Warning: Going to this site may infect your computer with a data mining virus.)

PublicData.Com has disclosures that admit that their information could be inaccurate and that they will NOT correct the inaccuracies. This company is located on a Caribbean island and sells data to other companies within the United States. Expunge records are maintained and continue to be distributed. This company hides behind a pledge to distribute information despite government efforts to hide it as a public service. What it really does is sell personal information about YOU to anyone who pays for it. This includes potential employers, lenders, leasing agents, strangers and criminals. This company, so far, is by far the worst. Many, more legitimate, companies access Public Data's database to collect their information. These companies need to be targeted so that they will stop using Public Data as a source for "public" information. Remember, once expunged your record is not a public record.

PRIVATE COMPANY NAME	NOTES
CrimCheck America, Inc. ATTN: Consumer Relations 11140 Rockville Pike PMB 1200 Rockville, MD 20852 (888) 333-2413	Can CrimCheck get it wrong? Of course, and they more often than not do get it wrong. Sometimes to the tune of incorrectly labeling a person a sex offender.
First Advantage SafeRent, Inc. ATTN: Consumer Relations 7300 Westmore Road Rockville, MD 20850-5223 (888) 333-2413 (same as CrimCheck above)	Has connections with CrimCheck. Used by many rental properties to check potential renters' criminal histories. Information is usually inaccurate.
Intelligent Investigations (no listed address) Hyperlink to site HERE
ChoicePoint Workplace Solutions Consumer Report P. O. Box 49429 Charlotte, NC 28277 Telephone: 1+(866) 688-4864 Facsimile: 1+(866) 294-6971	Go to www.epic.org for more info on Choicepoint. Used by many big companies such as WalMart and Target. Collects information from participating companies on arrests, etc.
eFindOutTheTruth.com, Inc. (No physical address listed)	Offers a search of Expunged/Sealed criminal records. Warns that the report may not be accurate. Indicates that all information is derived solely from public records. (NOTE: Expunged and Sealed records are no longer "public records")
INTEGRA SCAN http://www.integrascan.com/ (No physical address listed) May actually use real-time feed from Clerk's of Court records which means sealed and expunged records will not show up.	This is a statement on Integra Scan's website. It essentially means that their information comes from Clerk's of Courts: "Juvenile records are not covered. If crimes were committed before the age of 18, they will not show up in our database, or anyone else's database - even if the subject is now over the age of 18. "Arrest Records" are not available. Arrest dates are covered in most court records but only in the cases where the arrest resulted in a court action. Our Coverage is limited to the Jurisdictions that make the database available to us directly."