6 May 2008	OPEN LETTER TO YAHOO from RESEARCH ETC., INC.   Yahoo launches SearchScan from McAfee  - - Bad Decision for Yahoo! This letter is in reponse to Yahoo’s Yodel Anecdotal blog regarding SearchScan from McAfee now being used to flag "risky" sites when using Yahoo's search engine - posted May 5, 2008:  “Do you know where your mouse has been?” May 6, 2008  - OPEN LETTER TO YAHOO from RESEARCH ETC., INC.   Dear Yahoo,  We are very upset that McAfee has put a red flag on our website listing when searched through Yahoo: "Warning: Unsolicited E-mails." This is totally misleading, as when you read McAfee's report explaining this note, they state thatat they submitted their email to us and it was posted on our site... Read Full Article
20 Sep 2007	Sex Offenders, Pedophiles & Predators   By Kristen Hamilton Research Etc. When Research Etc., Inc. began back in 1995, we had no intention of investigating convicted sex offenders, much less, pedophiles. We were simply in the business of adoption searches and skip tracing. However, as our business has grown and evolved to include pre-employment and personal background screenings, we found ourselves coming across these individuals more and more often. We wondered, incredulously, how some of these convicted sex offenders were running around loose and undocumented in our communities, and so we started to gather facts about the registry system, the court system and the tactics used by of some of these criminals. I was recently watching a recent news story of a convicted sex offender who was paroled from prison, only to rape and molest again, this time killing the victim. I marveled as the TV “experts” hashed and rehashed the question as to why this person was loose on the streets. I realized that none of the commentators had any real answers – they were blaming the inept judge, or the parole board, or the law enforcement agencies that let him slip through the cracks. True, these are valid issues, but there is so much more that people should know, we are simply uninformed about how the system works. Chances are, unless you have been directly affected by a sex offender, or have become an advocate against these predators, you may not know certain things about them – things that can help you protect yourself and your loved ones. Frustrated, and armed with a forum to do so, I decided that I should share what we at Research Etc. have learned... Read full article
3 Apr 2007	The HP Criminal Charges Damaged The Wrong Group By Leroy Cook The culprits behind the HP fiasco have been mis-identified. Private investigation did not cause the HP problem. The pretexting of phone company employees was done by information brokers. Most people do not make the distinction but there is a clear difference. Information brokers sell information. Private investigators sell their time and have to use good judgment in the way they spend their time. Information brokers sell units of information like the corner store sells merchandise. Private investigators use imagination, creativity, good human relations skills, determination and long hours of hard work to get information for clients... Read full article