11.   The company also said it is deleting personal information gathered during credit card purchases from its records.

12.   The law requires credit bureaus to investigate complaints about inaccurate information and delete false information or give consumers the chance to include an explanation in their files.

13.   The software deletes information in computer documents created with Microsoft applications, such as Word, Excel and Power Point.

14.   The St. Louis-based retailer agreed to delete the information from its own files, and notify credit-reporting bureaus to remove the material from their records.

15.   When it deletes information, the information stays deleted and does not turn up where it does not belong.

16.   A Google Inc. official said Google.com began deleting the information immediately after being notified by agency officials in April.

17.   Flint and Katz said the SLOC will need to hire at least one more staffer to do records research and then delete confidential information before letting documents out.

18.   Winter said that before forms are released judges will be allowed to ask that security-related information be deleted.