Privacy Rights
Sealing Juvenile Records
Government records are public in order to enable citizens to monitor their government and to ensure accountability in a democratic society. The challenge to policymakers is to balance the public's right to information with the individual's right to privacy.
Virtually every major change in life is recorded somewhere in a government document. Shortly after you are born, a birth certificate is issued; if you obtain a driver's license, get married, buy a house, file a lawsuit--all of these events are recorded in public documents easily available to you and to others. Click here for more information on federal and state privacy rights and acts... |
Thursday, August 28, 2008
