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A Background of a 'Background Checker'

Posted by Hemos on from the or-dirt-digger dept.

pamri writes "The Times of India profiles Jay Patel, of Abika, a firm that specializes in background checks, personality profiles, satellite or aerial Photos of any location besides other services in the US. It is now venturing into other countries including Canada and India. Abika is already facing protests from Canadian Privacy groups for breaching the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act"

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  1. not bound by laws? eh? by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Other comments have said basically that anyone whose company's not based in country X doesn't have to abide by the laws of country X when acting within the borders of country X. Granted, aerial photos is a bit of a grey area, but within the concept that in order to take a picture of Canada to that resolution, you'd pretty much be intentionally invading Canadian airspace, at least in principle, then it's pretty much like jaywalking in Germany but saying that since you're American, you don't have to abide by German laws.

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  2. Re:Personality profile? by abysmilliard · · Score: 5, Interesting
    This is one incident where being named Jones makes me happy.

    I can never find myself on Google, even with my full name. Sometimes not even with the city I'm in.

    All those years bemoaning the mundanity of my name, and it turns out it may someday become my greatest defense against the All-Seeing Eye of Google