Tools for Finding People in America

Freedom of information has returned some power to the individual American citizen.                Clearly, The Internet amplifies this informational power. Net Detective provides
online investigators with an organizing tool for these processes to occur faster.

Investigation in the United States has taken a turn to the online environment.
This started to happen from 1995 to 1996 with the appearance of the investigative
tools: Web Detective and Net Detective. Later, these services found dozens of
imitators trying to ride the boom of online information provision.

The P.I. tools began as rudimentary, almost ebook-like software programs but now
they are practically 100% web based subscription services, which seem to function
better and with more flexibility. They are also offered as once-only payment services
with up to three years searching - or monthly subscription services in the case of
Net Detective Plus. This latter product is offered more as a professional's search tool
with endorsement by the National Association of Independent Private Investigators.

Companies claim that their tools are used daily by hundreds of law enforcement agents
across the United States of America, and that the total number of users or customers in
the general population of the USA now exceeds 750,000 users.

Another statistic claimed is that Co. databases now have searchable in-house records on over
211,500,000 US citizens. The legality of searching these personal records is attributed to
the Freedom Of Information Act, which is a Federal US law. To comply with privacy and record
updating requirements are two further considerations that this writer has not yet explored.

The electronic delivery of data can rightly lead to a statement like:
Imagine becoming an expert Internet based investigator in about 60 seconds flat!

A prospect is then asked to: Picture yourself, sitting at your home or office computer, with all
the power and tools of an experienced private investigator at your fingertips.

These are indeed powerful search tools that can capture the imagination of being able to instantly
find out what someone's criminal record contains. Or what liens or Court judgements have been
made against an individual in the USA. Or to verify a Social Security number or find out details
of births, deaths, marriages, divorce and adoption, or DMV records.

A traditional P.I. or investigator for the government may begin to realize that what looked complex at
first is really incredibly simple to do with an online search tool such as Net Detective.
This is largely because US Public Records are searchable online. State and Federal Government
departments such as DMV, the Social Security Administration and Court houses (DOJ) have very
cautiously released some databases such as Court and criminal records. Obviously, the caution is
based on fears of contravening the opposing privacy legislation which looks at first glance to be
in conflict with the Freedom Of Information Act. However, each piece of law has its specific areas
of application.

Some clear uses for the online search tools include HR pre employment screening, tenant background
checking, legal office information gathering, private investigation and law enforcement. It is a tribute
to the North American society that openness and transparency can truly survive in the USA, as
indeed The Constitution of The United States of America always intended. Enter the Information Age
of The Internet and the tools appear like magic for people to access vast storehouses of social
information.

Web based search tools such as Net Detective will prove useful to both amateur online investigators
and professionals alike, as individuals can quickly find out just what information government agencies
and departments are holding on them. Freedom of information has returned the power to the individual
citizen and The Internet amplifies this informational power. Net Detective provides an organizing tool
for these processes to occur faster.