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• Internet Runs Out Of IP Addresses (For Now)

  March 01, 2011 - The pool of Internet addresses has officially been drained. Four non-profit Internet administrative groups -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Number Resources Organization (NRO), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and the Internet Society -- said at a press conference that the supply of IPv4 addresses has been depleted. "This is a major turning point in the ongoing development of the Internet," said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s president and CEO, in a statement. The situation however isn't imminently dire: It's not as if companies or individuals who want to launch a Web site will be unable to do so. There are likely to be addresses to be had for months if not years...

• No Hepatitis Tests For Chinese Background Checks

  March 01, 2011 - The Chinese government has reiterated a strict ban on hepatitis B tests. The Ministry of Health said that no health institutions are allowed to...

• Crime Gangs Import New Members On Work Visas

  March 01, 2011 - Organised crime networks have set up phoney companies and employment agencies to abuse the "points-based" visa system, introduced under L...

• UK Employers Face Fines Over Inappropriate Background Checks

  March 01, 2011 - Employers that repeatedly make inappropriate or even unlawful background checks on staff will in future face fines of up to £500,000 as part...

• Court Records Destroyed In Fire

  March 01, 2011 - Hundreds of important files were reduced to ashes in a major fire that broke out at Punjab and Haryana High Court. The blaze erupted in the jud...

• New Bill To Require That Firms Check On Foreign Recruits

  March 01, 2011 - Companies  will have to do their own background checks on people they want to bring into the country if the Department of Home Affairs has its...

• Straightline International Makes Record Search Turnaround Time Calculations As Easy As Clicking A Bu

  March 01, 2011 - My brother, Dennis, is some kind of engineering genius.  While, as a kid,  he was building intricate plastic models, one particularly of...

• Aviva (UK) Warns Against Risk of Criminal Records

  March 01, 2011 - Home insurance policy holders should at all times inform their insurance company if any member of the household is found guilty of a criminal offen...

• Straightline / Chimera Add Growth Within The Pacific Basin

  March 01, 2011 - Steven Brownstein, LLC , dba as Straightline International and The Background Investigator has acquired a majority interest in Chimera, LLC, an int...

• Steven Brownstein Speaks To NAPBS Members About International Background Checks

  March 01, 2011 - It began as a side business for Steven Brownstein, who was in the 1990's the USA's largest provider of criminal background searches. With o...

• More Than Half Of CPIC Searches Need To Provide Fingerprints

  February 01, 2011 - A calculation by an SFU (Statistics and Actuarial Science Canada) statistician suggests at least one-third of male volunteers – and perhaps c...

• Label' Em Criminals

  February 01, 2011 - Finnish Immigration Affairs Minister Astrid Thors says that statistics on crimes committed by foreigners in the country should include more detaile...

• Japan Crime Rate To Hit 23 Year Low

  February 01, 2011 - The number of crime cases detected by police in Japan in 2010 looks set to total below 1.6 million for the first time in 23 years, according to a p...

• One India State Has Bright Idea About Criminal Database

  February 01, 2011 - Uttar Pradesh Police will soon compile a comprehensive database on criminals to keep a check on crimes in the state, a senior government official h...

• Canadian Courts Grapple With CPIC Data

  February 01, 2011 - An Ontario judge’s ruling has disclosed what one Crown prosecutor calls a “major problem” with criminal record files held by the...

• Lack Of Marriage Records Aids Rise In Chinese Bigamy

  February 01, 2011 - China's increasingly mobile society has seen a significant increase in the number of people taking second spouses, and the illegal practice of...

• EU And USA Negotiate New Personal Data Protection Regulations

  February 01, 2011 - The European Union (EU) and the US are set to embark on a data-protection agreement that will see a unified fight against terrorism and crime, as w...

• Cairo And Alexandria, Egypt Court Record Searches Are Temporarily Suspended

  February 01, 2011 -   Straightline International announces the disruption of court record retrieval and access services in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt. Th...