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...evidence is not admissible in court, knowing whom a suspect is talking to can prove useful in solving crimes and inducing confessions. "Just because evidence is not used at trial doesn?t mean it has no effect on the case or that there?s no harm," says Sherwin Siy, staff counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Texas-based PDJ Investigations, which runs several online information-gathering sites, along with another data broker who wished to remain anonymous, told TIME that they willingly give information to the police, often for free, if it is requested. Many websites in fact advertise...
...Civil liberties lawyers argue that regardless of the technical legality, it?s an ethically questionable practice for police to use fraudulently obtained information in their investigations. "As a policy matter there are set procedures [police] should use instead of sidestepping them for convenience sake,? says Siy from the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, phone records are customers? private property and phone companies can disclose them only with the consent of the subscriber or with a subpoena from law enforcement. The act applies only to telecom companies, however, saying nothing about third parties selling records...
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