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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Price for to Pay for a Number Lookup

The reverse number lookup is a method in which a person is allowed to search for the information of the person that owns a certain number. There are two types of this. One is the free type and the other is the premium one.

The free reverse lookup will provide information like the city and state from which the call is coming, the type of phone used, that is whether it is a home phone or a cell phone, and the phone company to which it is subscribed.

The reverse lookup that charges a premium cost provides information about the caller – his name, complete address, age (in select database) and even a map to easily locate his location.
           
Is it worth the price?
              
A single phone lookup up could cost around $15. A month’s subscription would cost around $25 and a year’s subscription, around $60. Yes, it is a bit costly. But is it worth it?

The worth of the said premium service depends on what a person is using it for. If it is to make sure one’s child is not being in contact with a sexual predator, then any amount would be worth it. If it is to spy on one’s husband, the cost maybe enough a price to pay. If it is just to satisfy one’s curiosity, then the cost may not be as worth it.

But if the concern is whether the information is so accurate that it makes every penny paid worth it, then that would depend on the website or company one is being in business with.
           
Free reverse number lookup may not be as helpful as a person hopes to be. Normally, the information would be very limited to be useful at all. There are times though that the free information would contain a more private detail that could be very useful, depending on one’s purpose, but may not be accurate.

The White Pages or reverse lookup sites for home phone numbers form their database by getting information from the phone directories. Releasing this information is lawful and they are often with the permission of the owners as they know that their information will be out in the public when they signed up for a home phone subscription.

On the other hand, cell phone reverse lookup websites get their information from somewhere else. Phone companies are prohibited by cell phone privacy laws from disclosing information of their subscribers. Thus, the reverse lookup sites buy their information from those that have the information of these cell phone subscribers.

Some examples of the companies mentioned above are credit bureaus, who get the information of cell phone owners from the latter themselves as their credit information, together with their personal information, are kept on record by these bureaus; Insurance companies are also an example, as when a cell phone owner applies for insurance, he is required to fill out a form about himself, including his contact information; Mailing lists are also a source of information for the database of the reverse number lookup for cell phones.

Privacy Issues

Cell phone privacy laws are very strict in terms of giving the public an access to the personal information of a person. But what these laws prohibit is the giving out of the contact information of a person by doing a name search.

Thus, searching for the information of a person who keeps on calling one’s house is not illegal. What is unlawful is the searching for the contact details and information of someone through his name.

It may be lawful, but getting the private information of a person thorough his number is not free. It has to be paid as those who are building the database also pay a good amount of money for these information.

As mentioned above, when a person gives his information to the mailing list of a certain company, or to an insurer, and the like, his information could be sold to another company and be included in the database of reverse phone lookup, with or without his knowledge. Is this legal? Yes, this is permitted as long as it is only for a reverse lookup.

Choosing the right site
            
The information in these reverse lookup sites are not given out for free. The companies buy these from another company, so they are not likely to provide this without a cost.

When trying to get good value for one’s money in buying access to the reverse phone number lookup, there are things to be considered. One is, see if there is a free trial.

Free trials are helpful for those who want to make sure they will not waste money buying the service. Usually, these trials are given for a short period of time, during which a person can test the accuracy and reliability of the service.

It would also be wise to pick those sites that offer a guarantee. If a site offers one’s money back if the information he gets is less than 100% accurate, then that site probably has a very high confidence on its database. One should make sure though that what this site guarantees is an accurate result, and not just a sure result to a search.

2 comments:

  1. find a good company that deals with mail lists at this time is very difficult

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  2. Many websites which provide free reverse lookup services and it is very useful for them who want to get reverse information of someone else.

    Reverse Lookup

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