| Across the internet, there are many sites offering | | | | records of all the communications made using the |
| telephone services such as storing a list of numbers | | | | device. Such people as the law enforcers, judges, |
| for individuals to have easy access to. Most of these | | | | lawyers, and some other individuals usually extract |
| web pages can be accessed for free. This also | | | | information form the databases and use them for their |
| includes some of the handset numbers which can also | | | | various reasons. In law courts, the data retrieved from |
| be retrieved via the net. The telephone directories are | | | | the reverse phone number database can be used to |
| created to enable internet users to have easy access | | | | prove some points and help solve a case. These kinds |
| to most of the mobile and land-line fixed numbers that | | | | of information can also be used to track down |
| can be used to gather certain information whenever | | | | someone after he or she made a call to the number |
| needed. These are usually private handset companies | | | | already stored is these locations. |
| that make the information as used by these | | | | The online lookup also helps individuals find other |
| communicating devices stored and available on the | | | | important persons as friends who are listed in the |
| internet. There are various reasons why an individual | | | | databases, colleagues and sometimes even family |
| might want to retrieve such data from the storage | | | | members. Since these companies stores and identifies |
| areas. | | | | the caller IDs of every connection, they therefore |
| In most cases, the data is usually stored so that they | | | | provide an easy way of identifying who made a call, at |
| can be retrieved from the reverse phone number | | | | what time was the call and from where the call was |
| database whenever an urgent and specific need | | | | made. |
| arises. The data in these databases are usually the | | | | |