FC: In New Jersey, privacy fears trump access to government records

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 08:16:55 PDT

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    http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1024078905402&t=LawArticle
    
        New Jersey High Court Retreats From Posting Records on Web
        Budgetary concerns and privacy issues are setting back a plan that
        once seemed so promising
    
        Six years ago, the New Jersey Supreme Court seemed close to adopting a
        recommendation by one of its committees to post almost every court
        record on the Internet, available to anyone with a modem and a
        computer.
        Now, however, in light of budgetary concerns and privacy issues, the
        judiciary appears to be stepping back from that plan.
        Toni McLaughlin, assistant director for Internet services for New
        Jersey's Administrative Office of the Courts, says that for the time
        being, complete Internet access to court documents will not be
        available.
        [...]
    
    
    
    
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