State Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Record Redaction
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments this month on whether police can redact information gleaned from driver data from reports released to the public.
A federal appeals court ruled in 2012 that the village of Palatine, Ill., violated the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act by leaving a parking ticket on a resident’s car listing his personal information. Since the ruling, dozens of Wisconsin departments have been redacting such personal information from reports to avoid violating the privacy act.
