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Civil Case (Jerusalem) 56708-12-22 Erez Aumann v. Octopus – Public Information for All (NPO) - part 17

May 8, 2026
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This proceeding, according to its name and title, is a claim for violation of the Notice to Employee and Job Candidate Law (Working Conditions and Procedures for Employment and Acceptance to Work), 5762-2002.  The proceeding ended with a settlement that was published publicly on the Net-Mishpat website as well as on the "Judgment Worm" website.  The settlement is a handwritten document, on a printed form, and it was attached as Appendix 25 to the plaintiff's affidavit dated December 16, 2024.  The settlement did not specify the plaintiff's ID number, but his signature is on it.  According to the plaintiff, this violates his privacy.

  1. According to the court administration, no request was filed to sponsor the case or to manage it behind closed doors. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, in response to the plaintiff's inquiries to the Courts Administration (dated December 1, 2020, December 6, 2020, and March 4, 2021), Adv. Yasmin Gendelman of the Courts Administration's Legal Bureau replied that there was indeed no reason to publish the settlement arrangement:

"An inquiry conducted revealed that the document that is the subject of your application should not have been published on the Judiciary website.  Following your request, the document is not available for viewing on the Judiciary website.  The "Worm of Justice" website is a private website that has no connection with the administration of the courts, and in any case, the courts do not bear responsibility for its actions.  Therefore, your claims regarding the publications on this website should be addressed to its operators." (Appendix 7 to the affidavit on behalf of the Courts Administration)

  1. According to the court administration, following the request, the Secretaries Division was instructed to ensure that conciliation arrangements are filed in the appropriate file, so that they receive the correct classification.
  2. In response to Adv. Gendelman's response, the plaintiff replied that since the settlement was published due to a malfunction by the courts' administration, it is responsible for contacting the databases fed by its website, and demanding that the publication be removed. Therefore, the appellant family appealed to the court administration both to the legal databases with which the court administration is connected and to the defendant with a request to remove the publication of the conciliation arrangement (paragraphs 15-17 of the affidavit on behalf of the administration).
  3. The publication was removed, although it is not clear when (see Appendix 9 to the affidavit on behalf of the Courts Administration).

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