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Metadata is a Public Record, Washington Supreme Court Holds

Loaded on May 15, 2011

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records, Freedom of Information Act. Location: Washington.

The Washington State Supreme Court has held that Metadata is a public record that must be disclosed under the Public Records Act (PRA). This case raised a question of first impression for the Court.

Metadata is “information describing the history, tracking, or management of an electronic document.” It is simply …

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