Amazon.com description: Product Description: The overall theme of this edition is for investigators to "Obey the Law." With the concerns over privacy and identity theft continuing to impact the investigations industry, investigators must obey new laws and adhere to new standards of conduct. In response, this edition covers the issue of identity theft and offers investigative technique that will be sensitive to current and future legislation. The key to asset investigations in a privacy-conscious era is to become an excellent database and web=based information researcher with emphasis on using open sources (many of them available through the Internet) and on analytical methods to gain maximum information from those sources. Compliance with the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 is encourage, with explanations on how its financial privacy provisions impact investigators. The text explains data gathering from computer databases, CD_ROM, human sources, surveillance, public records, including intelligence gathering techniques and their role in financial assets investigations. The topics cover both individuals and businesses.