In 2003 the Florida Supreme Court put a moratorium on electronic filing of court records until it receives recommendations from an appointed panel on how best to protect the public from data collection agencies. According to this story in yesterday's Palm Beach Post, the committee is considering a solution that would allow judges to screen certain documents from the public court file in order to preclude the "garbage-in, garbage-out" effect.

Other Resources include:

• Official website of Florida's Committee on Privacy and Court Records
• Public Access to Court Records, with resources from several state committees as well as model policy guidelines, maintained by the National Center for State Courts
• Wired News: "Court Documents Not Fit For Web?" (November 23, 2004).

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