The Federal Privacy Act, which governs information about individuals who have applied for assistance, protects them against scam artists, abusive spouses, data miners and a host of others who would misuse the information, if it became public.

The law could simply have required redaction of personal information as a means to protect privacy. Instead they are using privacy as the excuse to keep the facts from public scrutiny, and to prevent innocent drivers from gaining access to evidence that the cameras make mistakes so they can defend themselves in court.

While the ACLU understands that candidates will have a more difficult time reaching dislocated voters, the privacy rights of those individuals far outweigh the narrower interests of office seekers.

I.T. firms still must consider that there are threats involving information security and privacy.

We have not developed good policies for allowing corporations to extract the information that they need without invading the privacy of the individual.

There are some very rigorous standards of privacy with which this information will be treated.