~ EPIC complaint to FTC to shut down bestpeoplesearch.com ~

Professional private investigators have long been dismayed by the rampant sale of personal information on the Internet to anyone who will buy it. EPIC's recent complaint to the Federal Trade Commission lays out the violations of the law implied in bestpeoplesearch's claim to be able to obtain "detailed phone call records as well as the addresses on file for post office box and private mailbox holders. " EPIC implores the FTC to "initiate an industry-wide investigation into online investigation sites. "