NEXT WEBINAR: September 17
In two days, Ryan and Mark will be back and better than ever with our next subscriber only Zoom. They’ve been practicing a new routine – all for your educational pleasure! Don’t forget to mark it on your calendars and order lunch (you can use this link to have it delivered) in preparation for this upcoming webinar on September 17th at Noon. You won’t want to miss all we’ve been working on.
Exceptions (a) through (aaa): 149.43 (vv)
We threw you off by putting the case first last week, but it’s not every day we see such a seismic shift in the law. At least, it wasn’t until maybe the last three years! But we’re going back to the normal routine and starting off with the next exception as we slog through the Public Records Act and its many wondrous exceptions. We’re getting close now, and we may run out of exceptions soon. Should we run through them all again or just wait for the General Assembly to add more? Let us know what you think.
Anyway, today’s exception is a great one. Exception (vv) protects a redaction request form. These are forms submitted by individuals who wish to have certain personal
information redacted from a public record available online. The forms can come from anyone and can ask that the person’s Social Security number, bank information, and similar information be redacted. The Attorney General’s office prepares the general form to be used, and individuals may access when they believe personal information is contained in a public record. Shouldn’t these things be redacted from online records in the first place? Yes! However, given the size of Ohio, there are hundreds of millions of records scanned in by county recorders, auditors, and many others. It’s a certainty that some personal information is going to be missed. Hence the form!