Tag Archive for 'Facebook'

Getting to Know the Neighbourhood — Searching Facebook

Published on July 25, 2011 in Search Engines, Search Strategies and Social Sites. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Facebook Graph API Search

You may search publicly available information on Facebook via their Graph API at http://zesty.ca/facebook/. The Graph API provides access to Facebook objects like people, photos, events etc. and the connections between them like friends, tags, shared content etc. via a uniform and consistent Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to access the representation. Every object can be accessed using the the URL https://graph.facebook.com/ID, where ID stands for the unique ID for the object in the social graph.

Collectors and FaceBook

Published on March 16, 2011 in Canada and Social Sites. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

In Florida, a Judge ordered a debt collection agency not to use social media in attempting to locate woman or her family. In Canada, you may specify to the collection agency when and where it can call you. A collection agency is not permitted to contact you at times and in places where you’ve asked it not to, such as a place of work or presumably through Facebook for example. If you have asked the agency not to contact you at a certain location or time and the agency contacts you at that location or time, then the agency may be subject to prosecution. It is likely that this extends to using Facebook, though I have not seen any similar cases like the one in Florida here in Canada.

Court Orders Facebook Download

Published on March 2, 2011 in Canada, Courts and Social Sites. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Judge orders secret meeting to download Facebook account

The judge issued an order compelling Ms. Sparks’ lawyer, James Crocco, to secretly arrange to have a colleague call the woman to a surprise meeting without telling her why and then order to her download the entire contents of her Facebook site, including any photos and videos, so it could be examined in court.”

Toronto Sun Surprised by Private Investigator

Published on January 22, 2011 in Canada, Courts, How to Become a Professional Private Investigator, News, News Media, Private Investigator and Social Sites. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Private Investigators, Adjusters, and insurance companies get a lot of bad press due to bias, ignorance, and a desire to sensationalize the news.

In today’s Toronto Sun an article titled, How Facebook can screw you by Alan SHANOFF, the author states,

I wouldn’t be surprised to see insurance company adjusters and investigators trying to become a claimant’s “friend” to obtain inner circle access. Instead of a private investigator hiding in a van on your street or behind a bush, he might very well be tracking your movements in cyberspace.”

It’s obvious that SHANOFF would be surprised to learn that Private Investigators and Adjusters in Canada wouldn’t do this to a represented claimant.  I have written on this subject twice, and all the PI’s and Adjusters I have spoken to about this know that they may not “friend” the subject of an investigation if he or she is represented.  Simple fact checking would have corrected this.

Facebook Criminal Record Search

Published on March 4, 2009 in Social Sites. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Tamara Thompson at PIbuzz writes about an application on Facebook that lets you search for a person’s US criminal record.

Just remember, allowing TrueScoop access will let it pull your profile information, photos, your friends’ info, and other content that it requires to work.

Facebook, Criminal Records and People Finders

A new feature has been introduced at the most popular social networking site, Facebook — which it’s calling Truescoop –, a name search that identifies people by their state of residence and date of birth and, for some, criminal record history.

This is an interesting post that you should read in its entirety.

Facebook Intelligence

Published on March 11, 2008 in Canada, Company Research, Courts, Search Engines and Social Sites. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

FI: Facebook Intelligence – Part Deux

Google has begun the indexation of Facebook pages.

The best approach to find Facebook content via Google is not to simply plug in name or keyword(s)…Try adding the keyword, “Facebook” to your initial query.

What the Investigator Must Know About Facebook

In the closed community of Facebook, Google asked permission to index the pages. If you are an Investigator, and your subject is represented, then asking permission to see his or her page is contact with a represented litigant. In Canada, if the opposing litigant is represented by council, then you may not contact him or her in person, by telephone, or electronically. In most cases you have to ask to be listed as a friend to view the subject’s Facebook page. Doing this will be considered improperly making contact with the litigant and whatever you find will be deemed inadmissible.

However, what you find in Google, other search engines, and unrelated Facebook pages may be used as the basis for a motion for the production of the subject’s entire Facebook page as happened in KOURTESIS V. JORIS (2007).

Facebook Intelligence

Published on January 28, 2008 in Canada, Company Research, Competitive Intelligence and Social Sites. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

I don’t know how I so skillfully miss a good blog when I’m searching. Ian Smith’s blog, aptly named Ian’s iBlog, has been going since December 2006. Ian is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal.

His article entitled FI: Facebook Intelligence attracted my attention as it provides a good explanation of the value of searching this social network site.