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June 23, 1997 Secretary, Federal Tracie
Commission
Room H-159
Sixth and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
Re:Support of Sell Regulation
Dear Mr. Secretary:
In response to the request for additional
comments following the hearing held June 10,
1997, I, as a licensed private investigator, am a
regular user of public and non-public records
(such as credit headers), and support the
proposition of self regulation.
The data that we regularly access and use in
our records to client has a beneficial rise and
need in society. It is important that a fresh
flow of information be available to support
commerce and our judicial system. It also allows
the public, who does not have the resources to
manage all of the problems they are faced with to
defend itself without looking to the government
for help. Further regulation would create
additional barriers to its that help save lives,
prevent fraud, and bring families together.
We are required to keep the information
confidential and maintain a high degree of
accuracy in our reports due to law and the rest
of the courts and market place. To have the
targets of our investigation able to browse
around in our inquiries and data, or opt out of
the databases that are private and public would
be the death of our industry and freedom. The
prevention of wrong doing and protection of fraud
are real tests of the use of data.
Privacy protection can be managed through our
industries's self regulation of uses and
distribution. Our industry had, stated a
willingness and desire to self regulated.
This industry must have the opportunity to
self regulate and welcomes the government's help
in enforcing the rules through the industries
efforts.
I ask that you support self-regulation and
work with the industry to successfully bring
about policies and procedures that we can all
live with in a free society.
Very truly yours,
SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATIONS
Robert Scott
Robert Scott
Investigator
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