Greg Hartmann: While Clerk of Courts, his office's public website posted traffic citations containing unredacted Social Security numbers; a Cincinnati resident's SSN was exposed and later used by an identity thief, and she sued. The office removed the citations and changed local court rules only after litigation was underway.

This is one of 1 dated entries in Greg Hartmann's record in office on this site, filed as a statement dated 2003. The sentence above is the entry as this site states it; anyone else's reading of it is listed below in their words.

Date

2003

Evaluations

Sixth Circuit, Lambert v. Hartman, 517 F.3d 433 (2008), per FindLaw

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-6th-circuit/1255248.html

Said

Affirmed dismissal of the plaintiff's constitutional privacy claim, holding that financial/credit harm from identity theft did not implicate a 'fundamental' right under circuit precedent -- no court found Hartmann or his office legally liable.

Url

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-6th-circuit/1255248.html

Kind

statement

What

While Clerk of Courts, his office's public website posted traffic citations containing unredacted Social Security numbers; a Cincinnati resident's SSN was exposed and later used by an identity thief, and she sued. The office removed the citations and changed local court rules only after litigation was underway.

• Record in office on Greg Hartmann's page

1. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-6th-circuit/1255248.html