II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2090 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2007 Mr. Akaka (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To protect privacy and security concerns in court records.

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Protection of privacy and security concerns in court records

Section 7268 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding a new section (c) as follows: (c)

Privacy and security of electronic filings

(1)The Court shall prescribe rules, in accordance with section 7264(a) of this title, to protect privacy and security concerns relating to all filing of documents and the public availability under this subsection of documents retained by the Court or filed electronically with the Court. (2)Such rules shall be consistent to the extent practicable with rules addressing privacy and security issues throughout the Federal courts. (3)Such rules shall take into consideration best practices in Federal and State courts to protect private information or otherwise maintain necessary information security. .