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Foreclosure Via Facebook?
Posted by Carole VanSickle on Thursday, June 9th 2011
It has not happened (to our knowledge) in the United States, but in Australia, at least one couple has been served legally binding foreclosure documents via Facebook[1]. A Canberra couple defaulted on a “six-figure loan” and was untraceable via physical address or email. The lawyer for the lender was able to locate them on Facebook, however, and verify their identities through matching names, dates of birth and the fact that they listed each other as friends.
Thus far, the court has stated it needs to be satisfied on a case-by-case basis that there is a “reasonable prospect of success” before it will clear a lawyer to deliver papers via Facebook[2]. “In this case there was enough information for the court to be satisfied that the defendants [would get the papers],” explained Archie Tsirimokos, a partner at Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers in Canberra.
Do you think that this is just the wave of the future, or is delivering legal documents via Facebook – a service notorious for its lack of privacy and security – going over the line?
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/dec/16/facebook-repossession-australia
[2] http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2447627.htm
http://realestate.bryanellis.com/4607/foreclosure-via-facebook/
Foreclosure Via Facebook?
Posted by Carole VanSickle on Thursday, June 9th 2011
It has not happened (to our knowledge) in the United States, but in Australia, at least one couple has been served legally binding foreclosure documents via Facebook[1]. A Canberra couple defaulted on a “six-figure loan” and was untraceable via physical address or email. The lawyer for the lender was able to locate them on Facebook, however, and verify their identities through matching names, dates of birth and the fact that they listed each other as friends.
Thus far, the court has stated it needs to be satisfied on a case-by-case basis that there is a “reasonable prospect of success” before it will clear a lawyer to deliver papers via Facebook[2]. “In this case there was enough information for the court to be satisfied that the defendants [would get the papers],” explained Archie Tsirimokos, a partner at Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers in Canberra.
Do you think that this is just the wave of the future, or is delivering legal documents via Facebook – a service notorious for its lack of privacy and security – going over the line?
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/dec/16/facebook-repossession-australia
[2] http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2447627.htm
