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In reply to the discussion: Philadelphia being sued over revealing CPL names on web site. [View all]petronius
(26,602 posts)5. Whether it's guns or anything else, I think protection of personal privacy should
carry a lot of weight. Unless there's a compelling to make personal details publicly available, governments should avoid doing so - and as information technology becomes increasingly efficient, more and more care needs to be taken in making these decisions.
In this case, I see no good reason to publicize the info, and in fact some really good reasons not to, as the police department pointed out ("Police quickly asked L&I to remove the information, saying it could jeopardize the safety of the gun owners, including a city pastor who said he routinely carries large sums of money and had been robbed before" ...
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Philadelphia being sued over revealing CPL names on web site. [View all]
GreenStormCloud
Nov 2012
OP
IIRC the CCW group published the names, home addresses etc. of the newspaper publisher, editor etc.
DonP
Nov 2012
#37
That's right, now that I recall. Very mean-spirited efforts by the prohibitionists. nt
Eleanors38
Nov 2012
#42
You elide the point that releasing the information violated PA state law.
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#26
"...personal information through the DMV were drastically changed." 'Nough said. nt
Eleanors38
Nov 2012
#35
Whether it's guns or anything else, I think protection of personal privacy should
petronius
Nov 2012
#5