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	Disagree. The fact that private information is in public view or publicized somewhere does not necessarily make it public information for all purposes. The question becomes whether further release or publication of the information constitutes an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

That is a subjective determination for the administrators. My name and address may be in the phone book, or on the Internet. I have a mezuzah on my front door in plain view. Would it be an unwarranted invasion of my privacy to publish my name and address on DCUM, along with my religious affiliation? You can probably find the amount I paid for my home on the I telnet, too. So let's throw that in. Maybe you can also determine my place of employment. Throw that in, too.

And now what you have is a separate aggregation of private information that was derived from obscure, yet public sources. Only now the information is aggregated in a much less obscure place.

It's an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. If you see a car parked in an obnoxious or obstructionist way, leave a note. Or call the police and have them ticketed. Don't start aggregating their personal information and posting it on the Internet.

Uncool. [/quote]

It doesn't matter than you disagree or think it's uncool. The fact is, there is no law protecting what you call "personal privacy" in public space. According to the law, you have no personal privacy in public space and someone could actually post any available public information about you that they wish and they're doing nothing wrong.

Of course, for anyone to want to go to all that trouble could mean that you are a repeat offender so egregious that someone wants to humiliate you, or you happened upon the crazy and your own bad act will be forever remembered in the internet. Too bad. It isn't slander, defamation, or in any way wrong.

The best way to keep your bad acts off the internet is to not act badly.[/quote]

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