Maui defense attorney John F. Parker surely expected fireworks when he reported he was able to access personal information from Gov. Josh Green’s parking-ticket records, inadvertently, by subscribing to the Judiciary Electronic Filing and Service (JEFS) System. And he did: A fight ensued between the Judiciary and Parker over this, and it may be a while before the dust settles.

In the meantime, though, the privacy vulnerability was fixed by April 12. For the sake of the governor — and the rest of the public, let’s hope so.