<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Sean:<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Only a few states require breaches to be reported to any kind of state agency -- NY, NJ, NH, NC and (IIRC) ME are the ones. I FOIA'ed NJ, NC, and NY. NH publishes breach reports on a web site anyway, and I haven't tried ME yet. IN may join the club, but the law hasn't been passed as yet.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Results:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>NY has been very forthcoming. I have every breach report they have received from the start of their law until mid-2007. Another request will go out in a week or so.</div><div>NC was slower than NY, but sent me a bunch of stuff. I owe them another request.</div><div>NJ says the info is exempt from disclosure because it is reported to the state police. This is debatable, IMNSHO. I am surprised a suit hasn't been filed.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Drop me a line if you want a zip file of the docs I have scanned so far. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>cw</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div><div>On Feb 5, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Sean Steele wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Hi all, I’m looking for advice regarding and experiences with FOIA requests to state/municipal government(s), for data breach and related information. Have you been able to successfully request, if so how, do you have tips, tricks, hints, strategies, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></body></html>