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What Can Ohio €™s Public Records Laws Do for You? Find Out with Free Seminars!

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Citizens of Ohio, are you taking advantage of the information available to you through Ohio’s Public Records laws? These laws were created to provide any interested parties with access to inspect and copy the records of the public offices of Ohio (O.R.C. 149.43). This might sound good, but what does it really mean for you?
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Tags: News · Ohio

Identity Theft and Online Government Records

December 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have issued this warning about online access to government records:
There is an almost certain prospect that easy online access to personal information will prove a bonanza for not only identity thieves, but predatory businesses such as unscrupulous telemarketers.
… The thief may use personal information to obtain [...]

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Summit County, Ohio naturalization records

December 7th, 2007 · No Comments

The  Summit County, Ohio,  Clerk of Courts has recently made a database of naturalization ( immigration ) records available online. Records from 1850 through 1991 are included. Search by name, country of origin, or file year. Results include document images of the citizen’s U.S. Naturalization Service Declaration of Intention form which contains origin information, [...]

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