Summary
Legal records that contain details about your life, home and government dealings are mined every day by lawyers and other professionals trying to make money off you. And the state helps them do it, earning more than $2 million each year for providing access to the data.
With just a few keyboard strokes, government databases can provide up-to-date information about divorces, foreclosures and criminal matters.See the full content of this document
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Who's Buying Up Your Public File?
Get a speeding ticket and within days your mailbox will likely be flooded with solicitations from lawyers who learned of your alleged lead foot by tapping into a digital repository of traffic tickets.
"They know exactly what you're charged with," said Jenna Conti, a Lyndhurst teacher who received five letters from lawyers within days of receiving a $150 ticket for making an illegal left...See the full content of this document
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