Articles by Colin Donohue

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Digital Media Law Project: Metadata as a Public Record: What it Means, What it Does

July 26, 2013

From the Digital Media Law Project (7/25/13): The failure to comply with a records request for email metadata will cost a Washington city more than half a million dollars in statutory and attorney's fees, a Washington Superior Court judge recently decided. On June 28, 2013, the judge ordered the City of Shoreline to pay $538,555 after the Washington Supreme Court ruled that metadata associated with public records is subject to disclosure under the state's open records law.

Lumina News: WBPD complies with ACLU concerns

July 25, 2013

From the Lumina News (7/24/13): With the release of results from the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina’s public records requests from the 11 law enforcement agencies currently using Automated License Plate Recognition Systems, ACLU of N.C. communications director Mike Meno said the organization hopes to inform citizens about the relatively new technology.