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But no need to worry about data base security
US coppers believe that they have have the right to use the police database to get personal details about celebrities, according to a new report.
Patriots star Tom Brady was looked up 968 times to see his driver's license photo and home address, to whether he had purchased a gun. Other search topics have been Matt Damon, James Taylor, Celtics star Paul Pierce, and Red Sox owner John Henry. The Criminal Offender Record Information system, with its massive databases of criminal records, driving histories, car ownership, and Social Security numbers, is intended to provide police and prosecutors with complete portraits of individuals who have been arrested or brought into the court system. Access is supposed to be restricted to authorised law enforcement users, who are specially trained.
A review by state Auditor Joseph DeNucci depicts a system repeatedly accessed by users "without any apparent work-related justification. This is despite the fact that looking at such files could cost coppers their jobs. However government officials say that despite the wide spread abuse of database information, if they produced a super database on citizen's data it would be perfectly safe.
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US coppers spy on celebrities
But no need to worry about data base security
US coppers believe that they have have the right to use the police database to get personal details about celebrities, according to a new report.
Patriots star Tom Brady was looked up 968 times to see his driver's license photo and home address, to whether he had purchased a gun. Other search topics have been Matt Damon, James Taylor, Celtics star Paul Pierce, and Red Sox owner John Henry. The Criminal Offender Record Information system, with its massive databases of criminal records, driving histories, car ownership, and Social Security numbers, is intended to provide police and prosecutors with complete portraits of individuals who have been arrested or brought into the court system. Access is supposed to be restricted to authorised law enforcement users, who are specially trained.
A review by state Auditor Joseph DeNucci depicts a system repeatedly accessed by users "without any apparent work-related justification. This is despite the fact that looking at such files could cost coppers their jobs. However government officials say that despite the wide spread abuse of database information, if they produced a super database on citizen's data it would be perfectly safe.