A law under consideration in Missouri has County Clerks claiming that they’ll have to remove their records from the Internet. A simple requirement to remove identifying information, from Internet-posted documents, on certain state officials, can’t be done simply. Officials who...
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An article titled, Judge OKs Class Action Against Union in Privacy Protection Suit, wouldn’t necessarily lead the reader to explore whether a private investigator was at the root of this class action suit. In a decision that could change the...
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The North Dakota Attorney General offers a brief summary of the 2005 legislative changes to the Open Records law. One of the most significant, restricting one agency from releasing documents generated by another, seems to parallel the same practice in...
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The ACLU filed an Open Records lawsuit against a Rhode Island town for requiring searchers to fill out a form with personal identifiers before getting access. The plaintiff is a realtor who attempted to access the tax assessment database. The...
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The title of a recent amendment to the North Carolina Public Records Act reveals the twisted direction legislatures are taking open government: Protect Confidential Info of Public Agencies. SB 932 bars the publication of any State employees’ home or personal...
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A Portland newspaper is entitled to see internal police records of the investigation and discipline of an officer who killed an unarmed woman during a traffic stop two years ago, the state Court of Appeals ruled...
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Citing various court cases, including a 1992 Delaware Supreme Court ruling that recognized a common law right to privacy, as well as conflicting Michigan court cases involving autopsy information, Lamb declared that “the overwhelming weight of authority holds that a...
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Go to the end of this post for an important message about nationwide criminal searches. Private investigators, attorneys and reporters, working in legal and political arenas, are charged with finding out whether their subject has been naughty or nice. If...
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I was struck today by the jam in which private investigators find ourselves, trying to locate witnesses, heirs or separated family, in the current environment of suspicion that pervades the release of personal identifiers. The dilemma for the public (of...
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I often rely on state archives and local historical societies for genealogical and heir research. More of these research projects have landed on my doorstep related to Quiet Title actions. Some of the property ownership information is 100 years old...
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