Arizona Courts
We read the privacy notices published across central government, councils, tax and benefits offices, health bodies and policing. These are the patterns that repeat. A public body is not a company and you are not its customer: it holds your record because a law lets it, which changes what you can ask for and what you can expect back.
Reported incidents
Protective order records copied after a staff member clicked a phishing link
2026-09-25Affected Court backup files
The Arizona court system said attackers got in on 24 September 2026 after a court employee clicked a link in a phishing email. Staff shut the attack down within two hours, but the attackers copied backup files. The courts say the copied files include records on active and inactive protective orders with sensitive details, and that jurors, witnesses and court staff were not affected. Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer said the hackers "copied personally identifiable information about many Arizonans." The FBI is investigating and the courts are notifying the people affected.
People affected typically ask Arizona Courts to confirm whether their information was included, and which categories.
The verified route
DÆTRAX is a personal data accountability ledger: a dated record of which companies hold your personal data, what you asked them to do about it, and what they claimed in reply.