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by mrhottakes 41 days ago
FOIA does not apply outside government entities. Maybe you can get the data from the entity itself, but good luck.
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Which is one of many reasons why privatizing government services probably isn't a good idea.

You could also make different laws but that's probably not going to happen. Think about just about any of the important laws that we rely on for a stable and just society in the USA, and consider that most or all of them would be politically unviable if they didn't already exist. Including FOIA itself. Not a good situation.