3 States Block Police from Accessing Genealogy Sites

What’s happening? Maryland, Montana and Utah limit what police can access through genealogy websites.

Why is this important? These are the only 3 states that limit access to genealogical information.

How will this be important? The question is where is the lim it. For these 3 states the limit seem tone that police can use the genealogical information but only in this instance: “only for serious violent crimes such as murder and rape, only after they exhaust other investigatory methods, and only under the supervision of a judge”

Baltimore Sun via Governing | Maryland Limits Police Access to Genealogy Website Data