Electronic Case Files Present Privacy Challenges
Courts increasingly are adopting electronic case file management, a system that places all the filings from a court proceeding online. Electronic case files may contain Social Security numbers, account numbers, medical information, and other sensitive information. Online access to this information may result in identity theft and unwarranted invasions into privacy.Intimate Details: Credit card, Social Security numbers and other data left open to prying eyes when court documents are posted online, San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, 2001.
