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Information Technology News New law says computer repair guys in Texas must also be licensed private investigators!!!
Information Technology News New law says computer repair guys in Texas must also be licensed private investigators!!! | New law says computer repair guys in Texas must also be licensed private investigators!!! |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Wednesday, 02 July 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 Mike Rife has managed to operate AustinPCTech for over ten years without ever feeling
the need to don a trench coat, wear a hat at a jaunty angle and smoke a
cigarette in a shadowy doorway. What he has needed to do, like just
about every other computer repair guy on the planet, is examine files
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That is where logic flies out the window and the Texas PSB jumps in. This state agency is tasked with regulating private investigators, security guards and bounty hunters in Texas. It says that if you are conducting an investigation, if you are examining those non-public files, then quite obviously you are a private investigator. And if you are a private investigator you need a license. Of course, getting such a license will put you out of business straight away. It entails either completing a recognised criminal justice degree or working alongside an accredited private investigator for a three year period. The PSB says that "Computer repair or support services should be aware that if they offer to perform investigative services... they must be licensed as investigators." Could it be that what is really happening here is the private investigation industry has started to fight back against the Internet? After all, many of the costly hours spent by an old school private eye getting background information and building a case for a client can now be achieved in less time, and for a lot less money, by my Aunt Ethel sitting in front of Google. Who does the Institute for Justice blame for this barmy bit of legislation? Read on to find out... CONTINUED |
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