As court records increasingly become fodder for data brokers and others collecting information, the federal judiciary is moving into a new phase of implementing privacy protections for court filings.
A public comment period ended just over a week ago for proposed changes in federal civil, criminal, bankruptcy and appellate rules. The changes were designed to conform to the E-Government Act of 2002, which directed the federal courts to provide electronic public access to court records and to establish rules to protect the privacy and security of personal information.
