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Court rules private cell phones can contain public records

Jim Small, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting//December 18, 2017//

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Court rules private cell phones can contain public records

Court rules private cell phones can contain public records

Jim Small, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting//December 18, 2017//

(Note: This story comes from the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting through a Creative Commons license. AZCIR is a nonprofit investigative newsroom.) In a ruling last week, the Arizona Court of Appeals...

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