is it illegal to request information about a student in a middle school? Read all please?
here's the story: my friend and i parted ways, i moved to another neighborhood and he left the country. Now i'm trying to find him back, since i miss him. The only thing i know about him is his name, and i was thinking about going back to our middle school to find out more info about him ( maybe where he lives now, phone number) ... is asking for this information illegal? will i get arrested? the school is in Argentina, so please consider the laws, maybe they're the same as in the United States i'm not sure. Best answer gets all my points!
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How it would work in most of the English-speaking world is this: You would ask, they would say no. And that's it. Nothing more. No harm in asking. (Provided, of course, that you're just asking, and not harassing or threatening.) I don't know if Argentina has the same sort of privacy laws that exist here; if they don't, then the school might just give you the information you're looking for, if they have it. Though I admit I know virtually nothing about the Argentinean legal regime, I really can't imagine there being any sort of criminal law against asking a question of that sort.
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In most Southern and Central American countries it is really easy to get information on someone. Most people often lie as to how they are related and get information that way and others pay them say ten bucks per say and get an answer that way. As to it being illegal to ask information I dont think thats the case, even if it was the law enforcement is not advance people committ many crimes and get away with it in those countries. Even then the law enforcement is corrupt too... usually all they want is money from you and theyll let you go. I would try finding this individual on poplular websites (ex. myspace, facebook, hi5....etc) since you know his name, youll be suprised how many people you find that way. Best of Luck!
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