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Florida Privacy Committee Issues Final Report

The Florida Supreme Court's Committee on Privacy and Court Records has issued its final report:

1. Cover and Contents
2. Part 1
3. Part 2
4. Part 3
5. Part 4
6. Part 5

The committee was not able to come to a unanimous conclusion on all points. But, in what is for me a very unusual experience, I found myself voting with the majority on all the disputed questions.

There's been a fair amount of press attention too. Here's a sampling:

• Palm Beach Post, State panel urges rules on data collection
• Gainesville Sun (AP), State panel supports goal of Internet access to court records

There's also a piece in the Daily Business Review but it's only for subscribers. The Miami Herald's coverage -- four paragraphs from the AP story -- is pretty pathetic for anything that has pretentions to being a major national newspaper.

For a taste of the state clerk's spin on all this (their reps wrote one of the dissents), see this article from Manatee county (Bradenton Herald).

Posted by Michael : August 18, 2005 11:08 AM | Law: Privacy | TechnoLinks