Public disclosure of private facts

NY gun law restricts public access to gun owner data

Lilly Chapa | Freedom of Information | News | January 16, 2013
News
January 16, 2013

New York’s sweeping new gun control bill, signed into law on Tuesday, will allow gun owners to keep the fact that they own a weapon private, changing the previous version of the law that required such records to be public.

"Cops" show did not violate Fla. woman's privacy

Clara Hogan | Privacy | Feature | July 6, 2011
Feature
July 6, 2011

The reality police television show "Cops" did not intrude on a Florida woman's privacy when her interactions with police during a traffic stop were recorded without her knowledge, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in Spilfogel v. Fox Broadcasting Company.

Disclosure of expunged records does not invade privacy

Kristen Rasmussen | Privacy | Feature | February 23, 2011
Feature
February 23, 2011

Disclosure of a political candidate’s expunged criminal record cannot give rise to an invasion-of-privacy claim, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.