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Saturday, April 19th

UK Private Investigator Blog - "Reporters fight back"


Hi,

Recently the UK government has dropped implementation of a clause under the data protection act that would make it illegal for journalists to steal data for their investigations. I guess the press backlash was to much for him, makes you think how powerful is our government really when they can’t stand up to certain industries? Various security and investigation companies, annoyed that they are being sternly licensed and regulated are now calling this recent development as the journalist’s license to steal. I’m sure the lowly newspaper reporter will tell you though, many government and industrial departments refuse to share even the most basic information with them for their stories so sometimes they have no choice if it’s in the public interest. Just think of Enron…

Apart from that business has been good lately here at ukpeoplesearch.co.uk and our service is still top-notch - Most people searches are completed in 10 days! I’m also beginning to realise a lot of people are employing my services from their work computers lol :-) . Every time there’s a school holiday and parents need to take time off, or even a bank holiday my number of clients goes down. I’m thinking a lot of people only have the internet in their office.

Keep the people search enquiries coming in, I’m glad to help as long as it’s for a legal or ethical purpose.

Thanks,
Andy

Andy on 04.19.08 @ 07:42 AM CST [link]


Saturday, March 22nd

Which industry are we?


There’s a debate about where private investigators come in as an industry – are PI’s part of “Law Enforcement” the legal industry or are they more like researchers?

Some people lump all investigators under the heading “security companies” and I can see why. Many of our investigations, wither it be tracing debtors or carrying out surveillance to catch fraudsters, do end up with legal and law enforcement consequences. PI’s get a lot of regular work from solicitors as well, so we often end up as the long arm of a legal team. Remember not all our work is purely law enforcement based, we can establish facts for a solicitor to use in court. Finding a husband/wife’s other undisclosed properties during divorce proceedings is a good example. The person you’re checking up on has done nothing illegal, but the solicitor suspects they’re trying to avoid paying the client the true amount of what they owe.

I usually advertise under the heading “security companies” or “family history” in directories where there’s no section for private investigators.

Thanks,
Andy

Andy on 03.22.08 @ 08:49 AM CST [link]


Saturday, March 1st

UK Private Investigator Blog - "Postcards, adoption thoughts and CoD4"


Hi,

February was a good month, I got a lot of work done and reunited a lot of people. Work can be stressful though! lol To relax I’ve been playing Call of Duty 4, an excellent game although I do feel you’re paying mostly for the multiplayer…

One of the topics I’ve been thinking about this month is, in adoption cases if I can only trace a child of my client’s birth parent should I ever make contact with them? They’d probably know little if anything about their mum having previously adopted their half-brother/sister. In cases like that you really have to try everything at your disposal before contacting anyone other than the birth mother in question and you’d need to be as discrete as possible. Preferably tell them anything other than you’re working an adoption case. It’s a situation that can be very messy indeed, I’d think many of my clients would have second thoughts about contacting their half-sibling rather than their birth parent.

I’ll also be sending out 100 postcards this months to promote my services to solicitors throughout Scotland and Northern England. I’ve been working on coming up with a decent and informative design using vistaprint.co.uk . So if you get one, contact me either through this site or by letter to start the investigations you require.

Thanks,
Andy

Andy on 03.01.08 @ 10:19 AM CST [link]


Sunday, February 10th

Full WAPI Member


Hi,

I've recently been promoted to a full member of the World Association of Professional Investigators (WAPI) with voting rights. To become a full member you have to have been an associate member of the association for 3 years, in order to prove your competance.

The WAPI defines full members as meeting the following crieria:-

"Full membership is only open to qualified and/or experienced practising investigators who have proven professional competence. All Members must comply with the strict WAPI Code of Ethics giving clients assured quality of service. The stated experience and qualifications of all Members are verified before enrolment."

So that was a nice recent development in my business!

Thanks,
Andy
Andy on 02.10.08 @ 05:55 AM CST [link]


Saturday, December 15th

UK Private Investigator Blog - "Merry Christmas 2007!"


Hi,

I'd like the thank all of this years customers and wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year.

Please note that I'm a small business owner so I WILL BE WORKING THROUGH XMAS AND NEWYEAR!!!! I'll just be taking Christmas and new years day off, everything usually calms down from mid-December to mid-January so I usually work half days and I'll accept any new cases that come my way.

I'll also have to polish off my calculator and add up all my successes and failures and takings and come up with 2007's succes rates and the number of cases I've done.

Thanks,
Andy


Andy on 12.15.07 @ 11:08 AM CST [link]


Sunday, November 4th

UK Private Investigator Blog - "Information Commissioner deletes old criminal records"


The information commissioner, responsible for regulating the correct use of personal data, had ordered 4 police forces to delete decades old criminal records because they are no longer relevant. The records will be deleted from the Police National Computer as keeping them on file are said to breach the data protection act.

One record was described as relating to the theft of meat worth 99p when the offender was 16 in 1984. Apparently these four people complained to the information commissioner when these records kept on showing up in criminal records checks when they applied for jobs. The information commissioner dubbed the records as being not relevant and excessive for policing purposes.

The four police forces involved are Humberside, Northumbria, Staffordshire and West Midlands. The forces have appealed the decision.

In my opinion, the information commissioner was probobly right to allow records of such trivial offences to be deleted after 23 years. However, do not forget that this sets a precident in legal terms. In this country it is neigh on impossible to find out someone's criminal past unless they obtain the records themselves and show them to you. Surely you'd want to know if the person you're suing has a criminal history???

Also, investigators are generally frowned upon by the information commissioner and now it looks as though criminals are being given a pat on the back. These fellows knew the reprocussions of any theft back in 1984. They chose to commit the offence. Looks like a bit of a bad case of PR for the information commissioner, there's certinly a lot of gossip about this decision.
Andy on 11.04.07 @ 06:09 PM CST [link]


Tuesday, October 2nd

Uk Private Investigator Blog - "Madeleine McCann Investigation"


Hi,

I'm sure you've all heard of the missing girl Madeleine McCann on the news! Her story is one that has shocked the world, especially the UK. There has been some debate amoungst investigation groups about wither or not there needs to be a change to Portugese laws (and indeed other countrys as well) on the hiring of private investigators during a police investigation.

At the moment, in Portugal it is illegal to hire a private investigator to launch an investigation while the police also have an inestigation running. The same law also applies in other EU coutnries, Slovenia being one that I know of. Only when the police finish their job can the family hire a PI.

That sounds stange to me. How can laws deny the "human right" to engage alternatives to the Police to investigate a crime? Especially when the police are focusing on trying to convict the parents! Not on finding Maddie! The option to hire someone to investigate matters which may prove an alibi, find a missing girl or get to the truth of the matter is paramount.

It appears the McCanns are lucky they are UK citizens and are therefore able to hire security firms to search for their missing daughter, this law could have become a very worrysome burden if they happened to live in a country where it applied.

Fingers crossed Madeleine McCann is found soon! - www.findmadeleine.com

Thanks,
Andy
Andy on 10.02.07 @ 10:04 AM CST [link]


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