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Washington County Pulls Some Records from the Internet

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· Story link One county in Washington state is removing access to 61 types of documents from the Internet because…

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One county in Washington state is removing access to 61 types of documents from the Internet because of concerns over identity theft. “There is a public perception that individuals are getting this information from our Web site and then committing identity theft,” said Auditor Carolyn Diepenbrock, although she added that she did not know of a single, specific case of that happening. (2/23/07).

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