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Top court to weigh privacy rights

Original Article 03/18/2011 By William Matthews Thanks to increasingly sophisticated communications technology and ever-expanding interconnected data bases, even small-town police can run detailed background checks to discover criminals during routine traffic stops. From their squad cars, officers can tap a network of government and private databases and in a matter of minutes retrieve a wealth of personal data well beyond name, address and driver status -- including Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, past arrests, employment eligibility, immigration status, photos, fingerprints, tattoos, medical conditions and more. - This is true, and is why, when you are stopped, the officer gets your license and registration and goes back to his car...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 19, 2011 (boomark / email).