[krishanath]

Again, the government should not collect citizen's personal information and make it "public" information. Even when certain information is known about a private citizen, there should be laws governing what is allowed use of that information and what isn't. Certain uses should require a release from that citizen.

[krapp]

But that information was public, more often than not, before the government collected it.

[nommm-nommm]

Newspapers even published birth announcements. Dunno if this is opt in or opt out