The cyber snoops: how Internet gumshoes breach personal privacy
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There are around 200 information vendors on the Internet who will provide personal information about someone for a fee. Most of these firms use legal means to obtain the information and charge fees ranging from $12.50-$150. The FTC is conducting hearings on privacy issues and the Internet.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1997
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Why the Big Apple feels safer
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New York City's serious crime rate has dropped 27% since 1993, and the city's police claim they have a lot to do with this. Police commissioner William Bratton's emphasis on community policing and arresting people on minor charges has been influential in preventing crime.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
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The war of the world views
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali is traveling the world attempting to muster support for a second five-year term as United Nations secretary general. The US has vowed to veto Boutros-Ghali's bid for a second term due to his failure to reform the UN's bureaucracy.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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