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Old 08-12-2010, 12:30 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by garysanfran View Post
When you're out with the public, you have no right to absolute privacy.
Gary, you're right. BUT, you do have a right to the privacy of your personal information. That's what PII data is (as I said earlier). When your information is made public without your permission, that's illegal. It's a matter of knowing what that information is, and whether it's protected by privacy laws. Just saying. It's not always obvious, though.

Here's an example. The boat registration number, by itself, isn't personal information. Neither is your name. Nor the fact that your home has an address.

Now, though, link them together. And then use that info to track your whereabouts at any particular instant in time. And then publish it. "Gary's always out on his boat, Thursdays, between 1:00pm and 4:00pm, and he lives at xxxx."

So, we now know when you're not home. This info has been published. And all sorts of things can happen.

Not saying that specific combination is illegal, just saying that's how information can begin to be linked, and there's no purpose in that whatsoever.
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