The network has a database of car numbers and their owners – RIA Novosti

10:59 20.05.2016

(updated: 11:31 20.05.2016 )

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MOSCOW, May 20 – RIA Novosti. The Internet has a site that hosts the database, allowing for the number of the car to find the name, phone number of the owner, as well as the make of the car, according to “Vedomosti”.

Portal autonum.info, reported April 1, 2016 unknown persons, offering free car to find the owner of the data, if it “interferes with the passage” or if it “takes a tow truck.”

The database is allegedly generated by the users themselves, however, as “Vedomosti” claim, people about whom information is available on it, deny that provided their data.

Also, “Vedomosti” checked out a number of car numbers and We make sure that 70-80 percent of the site gives authentic data owners. At the same time, according to the publication, the portal has an option to delete the information about the car owners or edit it.

The experts interviewed by the newspaper, believe that this portal can use the traffic police and insurance company databases that have on the Internet, as well as information from open sources – for example, the numbers of people many phones can be found in social networks or on sites such as Auto.ru or Avito.ru

An unnamed employee structure for the protection of the information in their. turn, said “Vedomosti” that the leak of commercial databases – a rarity, and the actions of the owners autonum.info can be regarded as a violation of the law on personal data

An employee of Roskomnadzor, in turn, told the newspaper that. the issue of compliance with the relevant law this portal is being “analyzed”.

The names of the creators of the site are unknown, the physical resources in the Netherlands. The exact number of car numbers, data on which the owners are on site, were not disclosed, but according to the information on it, one just yesterday, the number of rooms it has increased by more than ten thousand.