The World Is Watching
It looks like all the world is watching - and for all sorts of reasons.
Thank you BJ, The Virginia WatchDog. Her newsletter informed thousands and then drove them to www.FindMyID.com and then this, our accompanying blog.
Letters began pouring in this morning from nearly every state and all of them asking how to check their county for online records. If you haven't read BJ's startling newsletter, visit here:
http://www.opcva.com/watchdog/
According to my computer, other countries are also frequent visitors to the blog and I can only imagine why. I'm not talking about the lovely hills and valleys of the United Kingdom or Spain or Canada or others who have the same concerns about their privacy and respect for ours. I'm referring to the few offending countries who have created a lucrative national market and are earning billions of dollars from selling our signatures and more.
They're likely watching to see if their free info pipeline is about to close. The answer is yes. You've strip-searched Americans of their privacy and dignity long enough. And to Canada, UK, Spain, and others, beware - once they've finished with us, abuse of your privacy can't be far behind.
Let's not forget the data brokers and their dirty little role in this. Without them, there would be no questionable data business. These are the same fat corporate executives who sat in front of US Congress and flatly refused to answer whether they used illegal tactics to gather private information. Care to hand your social security number over to that type of ethic?
Several government computers have visited. It's difficult to tell their exact location, but I sincerely hope it's the same officials we've contacted who are trying to gauge public participation. Perhaps they'll take note of the influx of interest and finally take action.
But since they're watching, this is probably a good point to tell them that political action is now secondary. Record numbers of Americans are learning for the first time that their sensitive information has been posted for the world to see and for data brokers to abuse. They are not taking it well.
Petitions are being written, passed around, delivered, posted online. Tax offices and land registries are being called and visited. So are politicians, and they all have some tough questions to answer. I certainly wouldn't want to be in their shoes, because there's no good or reasonable answer for what they've allowed to happen to their own citizens.
If you haven't visited yet, check out www.FindMyID.com
We'll check public records for you, free of charge. You'll also find a link there to inform your neighbors, friends, family, and others. Another link will take you to a law firm who's interested in representing your invasion of privacy. And if you're so inclined, there's a request form for a community awareness program you can present or even request someone to do it for you.
Spread the word.
Thank you BJ, The Virginia WatchDog. Her newsletter informed thousands and then drove them to www.FindMyID.com and then this, our accompanying blog.
Letters began pouring in this morning from nearly every state and all of them asking how to check their county for online records. If you haven't read BJ's startling newsletter, visit here:
http://www.opcva.com/watchdog/
According to my computer, other countries are also frequent visitors to the blog and I can only imagine why. I'm not talking about the lovely hills and valleys of the United Kingdom or Spain or Canada or others who have the same concerns about their privacy and respect for ours. I'm referring to the few offending countries who have created a lucrative national market and are earning billions of dollars from selling our signatures and more.
They're likely watching to see if their free info pipeline is about to close. The answer is yes. You've strip-searched Americans of their privacy and dignity long enough. And to Canada, UK, Spain, and others, beware - once they've finished with us, abuse of your privacy can't be far behind.
Let's not forget the data brokers and their dirty little role in this. Without them, there would be no questionable data business. These are the same fat corporate executives who sat in front of US Congress and flatly refused to answer whether they used illegal tactics to gather private information. Care to hand your social security number over to that type of ethic?
Several government computers have visited. It's difficult to tell their exact location, but I sincerely hope it's the same officials we've contacted who are trying to gauge public participation. Perhaps they'll take note of the influx of interest and finally take action.
But since they're watching, this is probably a good point to tell them that political action is now secondary. Record numbers of Americans are learning for the first time that their sensitive information has been posted for the world to see and for data brokers to abuse. They are not taking it well.
Petitions are being written, passed around, delivered, posted online. Tax offices and land registries are being called and visited. So are politicians, and they all have some tough questions to answer. I certainly wouldn't want to be in their shoes, because there's no good or reasonable answer for what they've allowed to happen to their own citizens.
If you haven't visited yet, check out www.FindMyID.com
We'll check public records for you, free of charge. You'll also find a link there to inform your neighbors, friends, family, and others. Another link will take you to a law firm who's interested in representing your invasion of privacy. And if you're so inclined, there's a request form for a community awareness program you can present or even request someone to do it for you.
Spread the word.
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