Data Network Affiliates
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ESSAY: Why Narc That Car Has A Duty To Reveal The Names Of Its Database Clients And Police Departments Whose Members May Be Narc Consultants
EDITOR’S NOTE: Narc That Car says it is a private company and has no duty to reveal the names of its data clients. This essay challenges Narc’s arguments. The public has a compelling interest not only in learning the identities of Narc That Car’s clients through appropriate channels, but also in learning the identities of […]
Fox 11 In Los Angeles Says California Attorney General Seeking Information On Narc That Car; Will Data Network Affiliates Get Drawn Into Inquiry?
A company that recruits members to record the license-plate numbers of cars for entry in a database now has drawn the attention of the attorney general of California, Fox News 11 in Los Angeles is reporting. Although it previously was known that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott was working with the district attorney of Henderson […]
UPDATE: Data Network Affiliates Gets More Bizarre By The Day; MLM Firm Now Says It Was Snookered In $10 ‘Unlimited’ Cell-Phone Deal
The PP Blog attempts to write serious stories about serious subjects. In recent weeks, we have reported very little on events at Data Network Affiliates (DNA). Perhaps the biggest reason we have published fewer updates on events at DNA was because things had gotten so strange that sharing news with readers almost seemed like a […]
DATA NETWORK AFFILIATES: License-Plate Data A ‘Loss Leader’; Company Statements Will Prove To Be ‘More Than 100% Accurate’
Using language with which followers of the long-running AdSurfDaily Ponzi/pyramid-scheme saga will be familiar, Data Network Affiliates (DNA) has declared its license-plate data program a “loss leader.” Meanwhile, the company declared it has “no competition” and that members will come to understand its advertising claims are true once it rolls out three-fourths of its program. […]
EDITORIAL: Six Deaths Since 2006 In Car-Repo Incidents; Pistols, Knives, Autos Used As Weapons; Children Hauled Away In Repos
UPDATED 4:48 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) We’ve been writing about Narc That Car (NTC) and Data Network Affiliates (DNA), two multilevel-marketing (MLM) firms that recruit people to write down the license-plate numbers of cars for entry in a database. The information purportedly is or will be sold to companies in the business of repossessing automobiles. Neither […]
Data Network Affiliates’ Upsell Includes ‘PRO’ Module To Enter License-Plate Numbers; Company Describes Its ‘FREE’ Module As A Clunker
You might find yourself a rank amateur in the new business of writing down the license-plate numbers of your neighbors for entry in a database if you don’t pay Data Network Affiliates (DNA) a one-time fee of $97 and a monthly fee of $29.95 for the right to use what the firm describes as a […]
DNA President’s ‘Oscar’ Night Comments Sandwiched Between 28 Minutes Of Hype; No Substantive Issues Addressed Directly
Billed as the “Oscar” night presentation because it coincided with the Academy Awards, a conference call hosted by Data Network Affiliates (DNA) lasted for a total of roughly 32:10. Almost all of the call — about 28 minutes — consisted of hype. (Looking it as a percentage, about 87.5 percent of the call was hype.) […]
EDITORIAL/ANALYSIS: Events Are Controlling DNA, Not The Other Way Around; Prosecutor’s Office Mum On Narc That Car Inquiry In Texas
First, some news: A website titled DeanBlechman.com now resolves to a parked page at the offshore registrar directNIC. As first reported on the PP Blog, the site previously redirected to the website of Data Network Affiliates (DNA). directNIC is “based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands,” relocating from its former base in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, […]
BLECHMAN: Problems Apparent In DNA 3 Weeks Into His Tenure As CEO; Company Email Tuesday Was ‘Bull’ From ‘Backdoor Guy’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Clarity did not emerge in a phone interview Wednesday with former Data Network Affiliates’ CEO Dean Blechman. Blechman was candid at times and guarded at times. His guardedness, however, seemed largely involuntary. It was as though Blechman, who was courteous throughout the interview, would have chosen full-throttle openness had a handler not been […]
BULLETIN: Former Data Network Affiliates’ CEO Will Answer Questions In Interview Today; Says Company Is Engaging In ‘Bizarre’ Conduct And Campaign Of ‘Misinformation And Lies’
The former chief executive officer of an upstart multilevel-marketing (MLM) firm said this morning that the company was lying to members. Dean Blechman, the former CEO of Data Network Affiliates, said that members deserved to know the truth and that he will make it plain in an interview with the PP Blog later today. In […]
Data Network Affiliates (DNA) Issues Bizarre Announcements; Meanwhile, Narc That Car Promoter Says Repping For NTC Like Working For ‘Census Bureau’
UPDATED 1:57 P.M. ET (March 5, U.S.A) Data Network Affiliates (DNA) announced via email that Chief Executive Officer Dean Blechman has stepped down, according to a member. The announcement came six days after Blechman’s departure — and one day after the company said it launched a “Beta Test” of its ability to gather license-plate numbers. […]