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Follow UsMaintaining your privacy while you are online is becoming a greater challenge. In addition, the threat of someone else hijacking your identity is more than science fiction-it could definitely happen. The websites featured in this article can help you find out how much of your personal information is available to others.
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The first place you should start when you are investigating privacy issues is your credit report. Even if you are not in the market for any kind of loan in the near future, you should check out what information the three major credit bureaus know about you. Various sources, other than lenders, use credit reports to determine your eligibility for certain privileges. For example, potential landlords and employers can obtain your credit report from the following credit bureaus:
Several companies can provide you with a compilation of all three companies' reports. For example,
www.creditreports.com will send you a three-agency credit report for $ 39.95. You can request a single-agency credit report for $ 19.95.
www.consumerinfo.com provides a free credit report from one of the above-mentioned credit bureaus with registration at the website. Registration is free for the first 30 days. Thereafter it costs $ 69.95 per year. As a registered member of this website, you can order a three-agency credit report for $ 36.95.
As you are well aware, many popular search engines not only perform searches for the location of information and products listed on the Internet, but they also perform searches for the location of people. For example, both
www.excite.com and www.lycos.com
provide these services free. However, the databases that these websites search are not the only sources of personal information on the Internet. The following websites search additional sites for more personal information, often for a fee.
The most inexpensive website I found that performs personal information searches is
www.knowx.com. Searches range between $ 1 to $ 20. However, as the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Knowx.com
works as a typical Internet search engine does. To begin a search, you simply enter a name and a state. Knowx.com then returns a list of possible matches, from which you can purchase the full details of the record. However, it gives no guarantee that the information you purchase will actually be the information you are looking for.
National Search and Discovery or www.nation-search.com
provides both free and purchased searches. All free Internet people searches query archived databases for information such as phone book or any other published database. Sometimes querying these free resources of information, results in the information you are seeking. However, if you have an unlisted number, have recently moved, or are not listed as the head of the household, then you will quickly discover the incompleteness of archived database searches. If you are looking for more complete information, you can use National Search & Discovery's Power Search. National Search & Discovery's Power Search queries privileged information Network systems. These systems are updated every 24 hours and are the same Network systems used by the major credit bureaus. This extensive search capability ensures an exceptionally high success rate. An individual person conducts each power search and the results are returned to you within 24 hours.
www.web-detective.com requires you to sign up for an online membership. With that membership, you have six months of unlimited access to online professional investigation resources. You can find out who has information about you, where it is located, what it says, and, if possible, how it can be deleted or corrected.
If you are responsible for hiring new employees, you may want to consider enlisting the help of
www.backgrounds-online.com. Backgrounds Online can perform identity verification scans, and it can search public records, credit reports, criminal histories, national wants and warrants, worker's compensation records, and driver's records.
Backgrounds Online can verify an applicant's employment, education, credentials and references.
It also develops and maintains all of its computer systems and software, including a proprietary database containing billions of public records. Before the application for search is accepted, it performs a detailed background check including business credit reports, corporate records, liens, judgments, bankruptcies, civil filings and trade references.
www.ussearch.com is a relatively inexpensive option for learning what information others knows about you. Using this, you can obtain addresses, aliases, phone numbers, property ownership, court records, judgments, license verification, corporate affiliations, and date of death information. Price ranges from $ 5 to $ 250 depending on how much information you would like. It accesses multiple geographically dispersed public record databases and then compiles, formats, and then presents the information in an easy-to-understand format.
AAA Background Checks or www.aaa-bc.com combines electronic searches with human expertise. When necessary, background specialists determine what specific information will best meet your particular needs. In addition, trained specialists determine that the searches they perform are actually focusing on the correct subject, rather than simply searching for someone with the same name. In this way, you are assured of a valid search. The checks can provide a background profile or target specialized areas of interest for you. Unless you request otherwise, your search results will be sent to your e-mail address.
Prices for search range between $ 60 and $ 140, depending on the in-formation required.
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If you need information about upcoming conferences, trade shows, or other educational events, visit
www.seminarplanet.com.
It features more than 20,000 continuing educational events. In addition, it has partnered with thousands of associations, universities, and corporations to ensure that the information at the site is always updated and accurate. The website also contains career management information that focuses on continuing education for professionals in technology, law, accounting, medicine and finance.
Source: Leslie Miller
NetWare Connection