P-Trak info

[Lewis Lorton <llorton@hostnet.org>]

  STATEMENT FROM LEXIS-NEXIS
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  ATEMENT FROM LEXIS-NEXIS
  uoted-printableLEXIS-NEXIS markets the P-TRAK file to the legal community for use by
  general legal practitioners, litigators and public attorneys, as well as
  law enforcement agencies and police departments. These professionals use
  the P-TRAK file to assist in
  olice departments. These professionals uselocating litigants, witnesses, shareholders, debtors, heirs andsionals use
  beneficiaries. 
  itnesses, shareholders, debtors, heirs andsionals use
  beneficiaries. 
  itnesses, shareholders, debtors, heirs andsionals useIt's important to note that LEXIS®-NEXIS® is a business-to-business service
  and is not a consumer online service. The LEXIS-NEXIS service is targetedvice
  to and used by attorneys, businesses and government agencies. 
  argetedvice
  to and used by attorneys, businesses and government agencies. 
  argetedviceLEXIS-NEXIS is aware of the sensitivities regarding the potential misuse ofvice
  information. While business competitors of LEXIS-NEXIS have for some timevice
  made Social Security numbers available to users of their services, andimevice
  continue to do so,
   numbers available to users of their services, andimeviceLEXIS-NEXIS discontinued the display of Social Security numbers in thendimevice
  P-TRAK file as of June 11, 1996, eleven days after the product washendimevice
  introduced. 
  f June 11, 1996, eleven days after the product washendimevice
  introduced. 
  f June 11, 1996, eleven days after the product washendimeviceThere has been much erroneous information distributed on the Internetendimevice
  regarding the data displayed in the P-TRAK file. The displayed record may,ice
  but not always, include the name of the individual, the individual's maiden
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  and assumed names, current
  name of the individual, the individual's maiden
  iceas well as up to two previous addresses, month and year of birth and's maiden
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  telephone number. That is the only information displayed in the P-TRAK file. 
  
  telephone number. That is the only information displayed in the P-TRAK file. 
  Contrary to some messages that have been posted to some Internet discussionle. 
  
  and news groups, the P-TRAK file does not contain any credit histories,onle. 
  
  bank account information or other personal financial data, or medicals,onle. 
  
  histories. 
  formation or other personal financial data, or medicals,onle. 
  
  histories. 
  formation or other personal financial data, or medicals,onle. 
  The information displayed in the P-TRAK file is an aggregation readilyls,onle. 
  
  available from public information sources such as telephone directories (in. 
  
  print and CD-ROM format) and public records maintained by governmenties (in. 
  
  agencies. 
  OM format) and public records maintained by governmenties (in. 
  
  agencies. 
  OM format) and public records maintained by governmenties (in. 
  Through its actions, LEXIS-NEXIS is balancing the privacy concerns of the (in. 
  
  public with the legitimate needs of legal, business and governmentf the (in. 
  
  professionals for access to accurate sources of publicly availablef the (in. 
  
  information. By discontinuing the display of
  f publicly availablef the (in. 
  Social Security numbers in P-TRAK and only providing information that ise (in. 
  
  already available to the public from other sources, LEXIS-NEXIS believes it. 
  
  has responsibly met the expressed concerns of the public.
  EXIS believes it. 
  
  has responsibly met the expressed concerns of the public.
  EXIS believes it. 
  
  has responsibly met the expressed concerns of the public.
  EXIS believes it. 
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  s responsibly met the expressed concerns of the public.
  EXIS believes it. 
  Lewis Lorton, Executive Director
  d concerns of the public.
  EXIS believes it. 
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  EXIS believes it. 
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  concerns of the public.
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