Ken Falk, legal director for the ACLU of Indiana, said the law meant that at 2 a.m. someone could show up and demand to look at the computers of those who had been restored their civil rights.

He has said the computer might belong to a spouse or someone else living in the residence and include private financial information.

The class action lawsuit had two original plaintiffs. One is a Marion County man using the name “John Doe” who had been convicted of child molesting. The other is a Scott County man who has convictions for child molesting and sexual misconduct with a minor.

Both are required to register for life as sex offenders, the suit said, and had concerns about the privacy of financial and business information on their computers.