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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 3 of 3 The Institute for Justice seems to think so. It argues
that "private investigators did what many declining cartels do: they
asked the legislature to move more activities onto the list of services
that only licensed individuals may provide." Backing up the claim by
pointing out only the Private Security Board and investigation industry
lobbyists testified before the Texas Legislature.Taken at face value it would be hard to argue with that. However, simply holding a private investigators license does not turn Sam Spade into Bill Gates. There is no requirement that a private investigator be trained in computer forensics, nor even has a basic grounding in computer examination, in order to obtain that license. As always, the real test for such a law will come when the first person is charged with breaking it. Assuming, that is, it gets past the Institute for Justice hurdle. Meanwhile, if you are repairing computers in Texas, be careful out there...
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