Arizona Supreme Court: Public Records Include Electronic Data

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The Arizona Supreme Court on Oct. 29 unanimously agreed that Arizona public records request statutes apply to electronic data- entry records and are not limited to government documents subject to copy and inspection under state law.

The court's opinion in Lake v. City of Phoenix interprets public records laws to include so-called "metadata" - embedded electronic trails that denote items such as date, time and the manner of creation of records entered into public computers. The ruling supersedes previous trial and appellate court rulings in the dispute.

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Arizona Supreme Court: Public Records Include Electronic Data

The controversy over government-held metadata stems from a rebuffed records request filed by Phoenix police officer David Lake, who sought to examine p...

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