Ohio Public Records Briefing - Issue #3

We tackle whether personal emails or text messages stored on a government owned device must be released, a brand-new public records court case, and our first segment on police body camera redactions!

Welcome to the Ohio Public Records Briefing Issue #3 – we’re psyched and ready to rock, so let’s start the fun!

A (Not So) Fun Fact

Records kept on personal phones and in private email accounts can easily be public records.

From a public records standpoint, there’s zero difference between an email about work while at the office on your work computer and an email about work that’s written on your personal phone or using your personal Gmail account, sent after work hours.