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21 Jun

Hendricks County Indiana court records now online

The criminal and civil court index for Hendricks County, Indiana is online. Searchable by name or case number, it covers cases filed from September 1992 to the present, and for criminal cases returns the defendant’s address, offense date and disposition....
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Indiana, Public Records, States 3 Comments

19 Jun

Will states make rap sheets a public record?

States are on a course of assigning a value to particular crimes by segmenting them into boutique registries of sex offenders, methamphetamine manufacturers, domestic violence perpetrators and now a proposed registry for those convicted of violent non-sexual offenses against youth....
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16 Jun

Michigan legislature passes telephone subscriber access restrictions

The Michigan legislature passed SB 1202, Identity Theft Protection Act, which would prohibit the sale or acquisition of phone records, including VoIP, broadband and cellular, without the customer’s permission. Sec. 5. (1) A person shall not do any of the...
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Michigan, States, Telco 1 Comment

13 Jun

New York governor proposes another privacy measure

Before there was any electronic access to personal information databases for finding people, private investigators trudged down to our local or state government offices to look up all public records. Once I located someone through a county dog license application....
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27 May

Michigan county Recorder removes online document images

The Ingham County Recorder of Deeds, Michigan, has announced she is removing images of recorded documents from the Web site. The Lansing State Journal reports that social security numbers will be removed from recorded documents, including tax liens, even though...
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26 May

Connecticut Judiciary reviews access to court records

The newly formed Connecticut Judicial Branch Public Access Task Force is holding public meetings as it considers the scope of current access to court records and the future of electronic access. Senior Associate Justice David M. Borden charged the committee...
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23 May

Privacy concerns press Congress to legislate vehicle black box data recorders

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is taking a hands-off approach to mandating the installation of vehicle data recorders, -the manufacturer and after market installed safety and crash data monitoring devices- preferring legislation to regulation. The “black box” recorder...
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19 May

Maine cell phone customer records covered by new privacy legislation

Last week, the governor of Maine signed into law LD 2038, An Act To Protect the Privacy of Cellular Telephone Customers. The law specifically bans the unauthorized acquisition and sale of subscriber cell phone records. Read the press...
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19 May

Berkeley California crime log plotted on Google maps

Many innovative folks, some who have too much spare time, have found their calling applying the technology behind Google Maps to their own area of interest. One useful application is plotting crime reports on a map. Perhaps the most well-known...
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California, Criminal, Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 1 Comment

16 May

Oklahoma governor signs telephone pretext legislation

Oklahoma legislation, HB 2903 – An Act relating to telephone records, prohibiting certain acts with telephone records without the authorization of the customer, has been signed into law, going into affect November 1, 2006. Procuring or receiving 10 or more...
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