On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > After a long battle with technology, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >> Not sure if this kind of law will find its way to AZ, but >> http://www.gearlog.com/2008/06/new_texas_law_requires_pi_lice.php > > "The name's Route. Trace Route. I got eight slugs in me. One's lead, the > rest are WordPress. The blog packs a wallop, and I pack a Leatherman. I'm a > private eye. And a computer tech." > > ...with most strange laws, the first thing to do is to follow the money. Does > some campaign contributor have a stake in a criminal-justice degree granting > school? Or is this a ham-fisted way to make techs legally responsible for > misuse of customer's personal data? From what I have read, not only will all techs be required to get a PI license (that requires either a law enforcement degree of some kind or apprenticeship), but it is a punishable offense for someone to purchase services from an unlicensed shop! In this environment it is relatively easy for the courts to bar a person from the tech services market (revoke their PI license). What qualifies as this class of services is anyones guess (web dev?). -jmz -- - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss