subject: All About Government Records [print this page] The administration in every country has to maintain various varieties of registers. Preserving records by the government has become simple and efficient with latest technology. Every citizen in a democratic nation can view government records that are open for common public, to hold the authorities responsible and accountable. Government Records cover a wide range of info and changes made by self-governing society are put down too.
Common population, births, deaths, marriages, divorces, employment and insurance policy and records of purchase or sale of vehicles and house are conserved as government records. Criminal records, appraisal registers, government spending reports, consumer protection data, voting registers are all different types of registers.
The public records can be used by several groups of people like lawyers, investigators, attorneys, government agencies or any citizen. Records can be easily obtained by people since most of the government records are made accessible online nonetheless, some registers can be accessed only by paying a minimum fee. Nonetheless, certain confidential data of people is protected by the government and it may not be accessible online for general public. Nonetheless, officials can access individual records for medical reasons or of offenders of law. Individuals may consent for personal info to be made public. Registers of social welfare information, tax information, school registers and public library registers could be termed as confidential. Old governmentrecords and most other documents are saved in physical files.
There are different policies in each state for accessing the data from the public registers. Freedom of information act gives right to every individual to access data from the governmentrecords. However, if an individual is refused access to the records one has the right to appeal in court. Any indecent disclosure of personal information of an individual by the government agency gives the right to the person to take the agency to the court.
Any false personal information in the file can be blocked or amended by the individual.
Sadly easy access to data from the government records has now become a money making racket. These individuals are called the information agents who regularly make use of the public registers that are easily accessible from the cyberspace to compile profiles of people for a price.
