Federal judge sides with CBS News, orders Hertz to unseal stolen car data

ESTERO — A federal judge in Delaware has sided with CBS News and ordered The Hertz Corp. to unseal data showing the depth and breadth of its policy of reporting rented vehicles stolen and shows the number of police reports filed and the number of those reports found to be inaccurate.

Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath ruled at a Feb. 9 hearing where the broadcaster argued that withholding the numbers violates the public’s right to know and that the data provides information not available anywhere else.