[Shacs] Texas legislation - PC Techs need PI certification?

[Ernesto Ongaro]

I read through the legal documents, here are the parts relevant to this
discussion:
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Unless the person holds a license as a security services contractor, a
person may not:
...
Act  as an  alarm  systems  company,  armored car, company, courier
company, guard company, [or] guard dog company, locksmith company, or
private security consultant company;
...
For   purposes  of  Subsection (above),   obtaining or
furnishing information includes information obtained or furnished
through the review and analysis of, and the investigation into the
content of, computer-based data not available to the public.
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So I don't think there's anything to worry about unless you work for a
"private security consultant company", in which case I don't disagree
that you should have a special license. No court in the world would
accept something that some acne ridden computer tech extracted from his
boss's machine on his thumb drive that has a folder labeled "Not-Porn"

On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 14:04 -0500, Bronius Motekaitis wrote:
> ..and (according to the article) it seems there is some confusion as
> to to whom this bill applies: it's folks mucking with data retrieval
> from PCs, not just going to someone's house to replace Vista with
> Ubuntu.  Still, I think there is a grey area in there that i don't
> understand.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Bronius Motekaitis
> <bronius.motekaitis at gmail.com> wrote:
>         How about I learn to use a computer first..
>         
>         The bill is HB02833:
>         http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=80R&Bill=HB2833
>         
>         but a clearer summary of the issue and grief caused can be
>         found here:
>         http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/5869038.html
>         
>         
>         
>         On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Bronius Motekaitis
>         <bronius.motekaitis at gmail.com> wrote:
>                 
>                 
>                 On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Pilling, Drew A.
>                 <AAP006 at shsu.edu> wrote:
>                 
>                 
>                         Woah! That one applies to me, maybe. Do you
>                         have a link to said legislation that you can
>                         share with the list?
>                         
>                          
>                         
>                         From:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu
>                         [mailto:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu] On Behalf Of
>                         Bronius Motekaitis
>                         Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:20 PM
>                         To: SHACS
>                         Subject: [Shacs] Texas legislation - PC Techs
>                         need PI certification?
>                         
>                         
>                          
>                         
>                         Has anyone heard of the semi-recent
>                         legislation passed requiring that PC
>                         technicians earn a Private Investigator's
>                         license before working on a PC???  MAybe it's
>                         just in government work?..  anyone?
>                         
>                         
>                 
>         
>         
> 
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