You might not know Hank Asher. But you'll recognize how his creation and monetization of online databases helped change modern life. Who is he? Once a young pilot in South Florida and the Caribbean, ...

The public can now search internal affairs documents and other police-misconduct records from nearly 700 California law enforcement agencies through a database created by UC Berkeley and Stanford ...

Running an online background search is a great way to find out personal information on almost anyone. Whether you're looking to research a potential date, look up a new neighbor, or identify an ...

The Los Angeles Times today published the Police Records Access Project, a new searchable database featuring once-secret police records. Built by UC Berkeley and Stanford University, 1.5 million pages ...

A statewide database of once-secret public records of misconduct and use of force by California law enforcement officers, including records from Solano County and Vallejo, launched this week. Anyone ...

While other areas of L.A. County still regularly update crime data on the website, the LAPD has stopped uploading information ...

Public records are one of the few ways that criminal justice reporters can learn more about what happens in prisons, jails, youth detention facilities and ICE detention centers. There are few other ...

(NEXSTAR) — Billions in personal information records may have been exposed in an April data breach, a recent lawsuit has alleged, prompting warnings from identity experts. A class action lawsuit filed ...

On Tuesday, personal data broker National Public Data acknowledged a data breach that involves 2.7 billion pieces of personal information, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers, in ...

A statewide database of once-secret public records of misconduct and use of force by California law enforcement officers launched this week. The Police Records Access Project encompasses 12,000 cases ...