Recently I wrote that whoever coded for Reputation 1.0 would own Web 3.0; this is the second part in a series that addresses the issues of "internet reputation"
RedTape at MSNBC has a great article
Adding to the complexity is the lack of heterogeneous data sets, each government organization does things differently. That makes it even more complex for a company like Intellus to remove data from their system when and if they get the updated record.
RedTape calls this the "Internet Scarlet Letter".
Getting criminal records expunged from court records is often easy. Multiple programs allow convicts to clear their names after proving they've cleaned up their act. But clearing the digital mess left behind can be much harder, she said. Commercial background database vendors gobble up criminal records, but many are not nearly as efficient at deleting records that have been expunged by the court system, she said.
"These databases take a snapshot of someone's record, then put it out in perpetuity," she said. "There's little oversight of the databases, and even less interest in updating people's information in them." SourceSuggest a Correction
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