Texas: Fort Bend County removes Internet access to probate records
FortBendNow reports: In the midst of what’s become a political debate over the care and feeding of public records, Fort Bend County Clerk Dianne Wilson has decided to remove Internet web access to probate records.

Wilson said Saturday she made the decision last week after reviewing all types of records in her office and finding that the ones most often containing personal identifiers such as Social Security numbers were probate records, involving identifiers of people who have died.

While her office is converting data in preparation for a new case management system, she said she also decided to remove web access to the probate records “in hopes that the Attorney General will rule favorable that county and district clerks in Texas can delete Social Security numbers from documents.”
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