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So you can display the private information, but you can't display where it came from due to privacy laws? Can you cite which privacy laws protect the source of

So you can display the private information, but you can't display where it came from due to privacy laws? Can you cite which privacy laws protect the source of the publicly available information?

prepend 4y ago
I doubt it’s privacy laws and more likely the terms of service from their data broker. The data broker probably doesn’t allow it and if they reveal the source, they will be cut off. Their source must be cheap enough to do stuff like this so it probably rules out DataAxle, Elsevier and Oracle.
- JasonFruit 4y ago
  It seems to me like the data source would welcome the free advertising.
  - ahaseeb 4y ago
    Not really since it's a wholesale arrangement and don't deal with retail
  - qorrect 4y ago
    Having run a few background check websites where there was a data broker ... no they hate the attention. I got a visit from the FBI for using the name of their database ( we could show the results from the DB, but we could not use the name of it publicly) , which they updated on their website to say 'restricted' but did not email us or call us. This was early 2000's.
    - snoopy_telex 4y ago
      Why would the FBI be interested in a civil (contractual) violation between companies?
      - qorrect 4y ago
        Edit: I said it wrong in the initial post the FBI visited for a different reason. They thought I had 'hacked in'. My landlady at the time worked as a secretary at the FBI and misunderstood or did not know the data could be purchased legally through a third party, after I told her what I was doing at a dinner at their house which they invited me to. I was extremely hung over when they came, I was 25, and did not at all believe they were agents I slammed the door on them (one of them had converse sneakers with their suits though). They slowly convinced me they were in fact legit, I showed them all the paperwork, and shut the site down due to caution. Gave me a good story to tell, ~2005.
- ahaseeb 4y ago
  At the moment data source is super expensive so we had to cap daily inquiries. We're not a data broker so have limitations around what can be displayed and what can't be. Hopefully, we're able to create an API that companies can integrate to help their clients be better at their number security

So you can display the private information, but you can't display where it came from due to privacy laws? Can you cite which privacy laws protect the source of the publicly available information?

prepend 4y ago

I doubt it’s privacy laws and more likely the terms of service from their data broker. The data broker probably doesn’t allow it and if they reveal the source, they will be cut off. Their source must be cheap enough to do stuff like this so it probably rules out DataAxle, Elsevier and Oracle.

JasonFruit 4y ago
It seems to me like the data source would welcome the free advertising.
- ahaseeb 4y ago
  Not really since it's a wholesale arrangement and don't deal with retail
- qorrect 4y ago
  Having run a few background check websites where there was a data broker ... no they hate the attention. I got a visit from the FBI for using the name of their database ( we could show the results from the DB, but we could not use the name of it publicly) , which they updated on their website to say 'restricted' but did not email us or call us. This was early 2000's.
  - snoopy_telex 4y ago
    Why would the FBI be interested in a civil (contractual) violation between companies?
    - qorrect 4y ago
      Edit: I said it wrong in the initial post the FBI visited for a different reason. They thought I had 'hacked in'. My landlady at the time worked as a secretary at the FBI and misunderstood or did not know the data could be purchased legally through a third party, after I told her what I was doing at a dinner at their house which they invited me to. I was extremely hung over when they came, I was 25, and did not at all believe they were agents I slammed the door on them (one of them had converse sneakers with their suits though). They slowly convinced me they were in fact legit, I showed them all the paperwork, and shut the site down due to caution. Gave me a good story to tell, ~2005.
ahaseeb 4y ago
At the moment data source is super expensive so we had to cap daily inquiries. We're not a data broker so have limitations around what can be displayed and what can't be. Hopefully, we're able to create an API that companies can integrate to help their clients be better at their number security