http://www.timesdispatch.com/vametro/MGBEFZO2MOC.html Court case information goes online Effort raises some debate about privacy concerns BY ALAN COOPER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Jul 01, 2001 [...] For now, the Judicial Services Advisory Committee has decided not to put such identifiers as street address, Social Security number and full date of birth online. The Internet will have city and ZIP Code, and the month and day, but not the year of the birth date. [...] Complaints about the inability to use the LOPAS system were an impetus for the Internet site, Baldwin said. Both systems contain a substantial limitation on searches for specific individuals - they do not permit a statewide search. Landon said he finds the limitations placed on the Internet site "a reasonable compromise as long as the traditional information is still available back at the courthouse." Kennedy, among court clerks almost certainly the strongest advocate for electronic access, has a different view. "I deplore a two-tiered, double-standard system," he said. "It shouldn't be public in the courthouse and private on the Net." He said the concern about personal intrusion "is much overblown by privacy advocates." If there is a consensus that something should be private, he said, it should be sealed at the courthouse as well. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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