Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Protecting Privacy in Integrated Justice Systems / NGA, 12 Apr 2006

PDF - http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0604CJISPRIVACY.PDF
"Major improvements in justice information sharing now allow criminal and civil justice records to be shared, synthesized, sold, and analyzed at speeds and with an ease not previously imagined. Unfortunately, in addition to many public safety benefits, these improvements can have unintended consequences as the sharing of information concerning victims, witnesses, law enforcement, court, and other justice personnel potentially exposes them to harm by violating privacy protections. States need now to address growing questions and concerns as the "practical obscurity" that served as the de facto privacy protection in a paper-based justice system has all but vanished in the face of statewide justice information sharing initiatives. "