Records Released in Error; Group Posts Confidential Court Data From County On Its Web Site

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Milwaukee County officials mistakenly released numerous confidential court records for a citizens group's Web site that detail payments for tests and other costs linked to mental competency, paternity and guardianship cases, officials acknowledged.

The records obtained by Citizens for Responsible Government Network were part of a county database of 188,000 purchasing invoices for 2006 and 2007. The group put the information on its Web site Tuesday morning. Late Friday, the group agreed to remove the confidential court records at the county's request.

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Records Released in Error; Group Posts Confidential Court Data From County On Its Web Site

However, a check of the group's Web site Sunday night found dozens of entries for psychiatric examinations and guardianship fees in which the c...

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