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Federal Judiciary Voices Support for Legislation to Protect Judges’ Information

Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 15, 2021

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts yesterday voiced its support for the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act to help protect judges’ personal information in federal databases, the ABA Journal reports. The legislation is named after the son of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas. Anderl was killed last summer by a disgruntled lawyer who found Salas’ address on the internet. Federal judges and other court personnel have reported a drastic increase in threats and inappropriate communications, from 926 incidents in 2015 to 4,261 in 2020. Additionally, after federal judges requested increased security, Congress approved funding for the U.S. Marshals Service to modernize home security systems at judges’ homes and to improve its ability to identify online threats against judges and court facilities. The Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act would also restrict data aggregators from reselling judges’ personal information.