"Public Background Checks": A Complete Violation of Civil Liberties
I just happened to come across the page "Public Background Checks" , and was completely aghast not only at the information that was freely available about me, but potentially available to any interested buyer for only $39.95. You could find my age (40 years), the places I have lived at (Austin Texas, Minneapolis Minnesota, San Juan, Puerto Rico), and--for only $20, and you can find out whether I have been a criminal in Florida or Oregon. (I will save you the $20 and let you know tat I have not.) I am in complete shock and disbelief at this flagrant invasion of my personal life and civil rights. While I have nothing to regret, it is indisputably clear that anyone who has made any mistakes in their life--and we all have at some point--this invasion of privacy would not allow anyone to begin their life anew. The members of the Republican party , in their fear of anything foreign, have gone too far. As a citizen of Puerto Rico who lived in the United States, I demand that my information be immediately removed from the Internet. (NOTE: I did notice that not all records of citizens in Puerto Rico appear on their records.) A class action lawsuit should be filed immediately, on behalf of all Puerto Ricans, demanding that this information be immediately removed. The same thing should be done for all US citizens.
NOTE: They also gather information by reading the cookies on your computer, which they readily ackowledge on their "private policy" page.*