Iowa High Court Reverses Ruling Denying Dismissal Of Police Data Access Suit

( February 3, 2026, 10:49 AM EST) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — A unanimous Iowa Supreme Court reversed and remanded a lower court ruling denying dismissal of a common law and statutory law privacy violation suit against a police department, a police officer and related officials and entities alleging that the officer improperly accessed confidential databases of local residents for his own personal use, finding that the suit is “time-barred” under the statute of limitations....

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