Iowa court says data base is trade secret

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The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the data base used by the state's Legislative Service Bureau and supplied by Election Data Services Inc is protectable as a trade secret and not a public record subject to the state's open records law. An Iowa citizen had requested the Bureau for copies of the data base, which included information and maps used for redistricting, stating that such information constituted a public record. The court disagreed, citing the company's attempts in contract and software encryption to protect their product under the state's trade secret law.

Cases, Trade secrets, Databases

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State can charge $114,000 for voter records

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The Arizona state Court of Appeals in late Feb 1996 unanimously upheld a trial court decision that a state law allowing a county recorder's office to charge a newspaper $114,000 for a voter registration list. Maricopa County provides the same list for free to significant political parties. The law includes a charge of 10 cents per name for voter registration lists, and the county list includes 1,140,000 names. The 'Arizona Republic' in April 1996 appealed the decision to the Arizona Supreme Court.

Arizona, Records and correspondence, Voter registration

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