From: Henry Brown (hbrownknology.net)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2008 - 08:47:18 CST

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http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=716547

Records released in error
Group posts confidential court data from county on its Web site
By STEVE SCHULTZE

Milwaukee County officials mistakenly released numerous confidential
court records for a citizens group's Web site that detail payments for
tests and other costs linked to to mental competency, paternity and
guardianship cases, officials acknowledged

The records obtained by Citizens for Responsible Government Network were
part of a county database of 188,000 purchasing invoices for 2006 and
2007. The group put the information on its Web site Tuesday morning.
Late Friday, the group agreed to remove the confidential court records
at the county's request.

However, a check of the group's Web site Sunday night found dozens of
entries for psychiatric examinations and guardianship fees in which the
clients' names were still listed, sometimes along with the court case
number. Most of those listings were for 2006.

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