[privacy] Privacy vs. public records and the Internet

[Richard M. Smith]

Hi,

   Thomas rebukes media for release of personal info
   http://tinyurl.com/2t3t55

   Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas lashed out at the media Tuesday 
   after a TV reporter published an online link to public documents that 
   listed Thomas' home address and the names of his wife and children.

   On Monday evening, a Channel 12 (KPNX) reporter published the 
   link in a story on azcentral.com, the Web site shared by Channel 12 
   and The Arizona Republic. The link and the story were removed 
   Tuesday afternoon as soon as Republic editors became aware of 
   Thomas' concerns.

Here's one public record Web page with Andrew Thomas's home address, phone
number, and email address:

   http://tinyurl.com/yov8jm

This Web site is run by the State of Arizona.  Isn't Mr. Thomas's beef then
with the State?

Ironically, I got to this Web page by first going to Andrew Thomas's own Web
page here:

   http://www.maricopacountyattorney.org/about/bio.html

On this page, Andrew gives his wife's name: Ann Estrada Thomas.  Using his
wife's name I was able to get Mr. Thomas's likely home address at
Zabasearch.com:

   http://tinyurl.com/2fljqm

Searching for "4408 NISBET" at Google, I found the State of Arizona Web
page.

All this took a few minutes. 

Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com