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[THIS MESSAGE FROM DAN GILLMOR, WHOSE MESSAGE BOUNCED FROM THE LIST. REPLY
TO HIM, PLEASE. --STEVE]
Lexis-Nexis says:
> >The information displayed in the P-TRAK file is the type of
> >information readily available from public information sources such as
> >telephone directories (in print and CD-ROM format) and public records
> >maintained by government agencies.
In fact, the information comes from Trans Union credit-record headers. You
may not be listed in the phone book, and you may not own real estate, but
you're almost certainly in Lexis-Nexis' P-Trak database, because you're
almost certainly in Trans Union's.
Dan Gillmor, Computing Editor E-mail: dgillmor@sjmercury.com
San Jose Mercury News Voice: 408-920-5016
750 Ridder Park Drive Fax: 408-920-5917
San Jose, CA 95190 http://www.sjmercury.com/business/gillmor/
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