Comment by jacquesm
2 days ago
Either way, this sort of thing is against the law in many countries. For instance, where I live you have to have a permit otherwise it is a pretty serious crime.
2 days ago
Either way, this sort of thing is against the law in many countries. For instance, where I live you have to have a permit otherwise it is a pretty serious crime.
Why?
Because when you're research individuals you are crossing the line between 'just futzing around' and 'building up a file on a person without their consent'.
For instance, for NL:
https://www.justis.nl/producten/particuliere-beveiliging-en-...
The link you've given doesn't have any relevance to this, that's a page for registering a private security agency. I can assume you hallucinated the first answer and are now just linking random sources.
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Is there specific legal guidance about whether doing this in a training run is against the law? It seems like your link is for commercial / for-hire investigative work.
That's doxxing. The gathering part is illegal in some countries, usually with a ton of caveats like doing that with malicious intent. Illegal or not, it raises some questions.
Isn’t it only doxxing when you publish the information?
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