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• Launch Of Website to Access SD Court Records Is Delayed

  February 21, 2020 - The launch of a website that will let South Dakotans view public court records from any computer has been delayed for more than a year due to privacy concerns.    The website originally planned to launch in late 2019 or early 2020 and would have allowed the public to view unsealed court documents for 10 cents per page from any computer at any time of the day. It's now estimated to go online in the summer of 2021, said Greg Sattizahn, administrator of the South Dakota Unified Judicial System (UJS).   In the meantime, people who need or want to view and print state court records will only be able to access them on the computers at state courthouse that are typically open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday throu...

• EPIC Asks FTC to Regulate Use of AI in Employment Screenings

  February 21, 2020 - The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — a public research center focusing on privacy issues and based in Washington, DC — ha...

• Records Sealing Bill Moving Along In Georgia

  February 20, 2020 - Criminal records in Georgia stick to people longer than they do in most other states.   But a tight labor market and shifting attitude...

• Guess Who Wrote This

  February 17, 2020 - What good for the goose is not good for the gander? "Any commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited. You may not collect, s...

• How To Write Arab Names In English For Record Searches

  February 17, 2020 - Follow these simple instructions to write an Arabic name for a record search   Arabs do not have a middle name.    T...

• Maybe Uber Can Get It Right, but... FCRA Lawsuits Loom

  February 12, 2020 - FCRA violations loom   Uber has partnered safety data provider Appriss to conduct the checks.   Appriss collects the data...

• Equifax Hackers Caught - AG,

  February 12, 2020 -  Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing th...

• Is This The End Of SJV?

  February 10, 2020 - SJV Data Solutions, a provider of background screening data and research for consumer reporting agencies announced the release of the real-time Con...

• FBI Has Your Sealed Record and It Can Be Used Against You

  February 04, 2020 - Tens of thousands of people have sealed criminal records under a 2-year-old state law that allows them to wipe clean some prior arrests and convict...

• Probably Not but... A New Rule Could Alter Who Can Access Colorado Court Records

  February 03, 2020 - In a closed-door meeting Friday, a Colorado judicial branch committee is expected to consider a long-awaited new rule on the suppression and sealin...

• Mississippi County Goes Online

  January 14, 2020 - The Oktibbeha County Chancery Clerk’s Office is one of the latest to utilize electronic filing of court records.   Anything from...

• Mississippi County Goes Online

  January 14, 2020 - The Oktibbeha County Chancery Clerk’s Office is one of the latest to utilize electronic filing of court records.   Anything from...

• ND Messes Up and Pulls Court Records From Internet

  January 13, 2020 -   After one week online, state court records pulled amid security concerns n By: Hannah Shirley   Court records, which ar...

• Kern County, CA Struggles With Online Access

  December 02, 2019 - It frustrates Bakersfield, Calif., attorney Jeff Wise that he can't simply download local court records any time of day in exchange for a modes...

• CA DMV Makes $50M Selling Personal Data, Report Says

  December 02, 2019 - The California Department of Motor Vehicles is selling customers’ personal information for millions of dollars, according to a report from VI...

• Virginia Courts Online

  November 15, 2019 - Virginia’s court system made it a lot easier to find online court records, quietly rolling out a statewide search function on its website tha...

• South Dakotans Will Soon Be Able Access Court Records From Any Computer

  October 07, 2019 -  If a South Dakotan wants to see public court records, they can only do that by looking them up on computer at a state courthouse during work...

• Criminal Records Wholesalers Need To Be More Transparent

  October 03, 2019 - How do you spin good yarn?   Take a look at some USA international records research companies offering Russia criminal record searches...