Va. privacy advocate can publish SSNs of private, public citizens
A Virginia privacy advocate can post public records containing Social Security numbers of private citizens as well as government officials on her website, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. News July 27, 2010 By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va.–The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with B.J. Ostergren’s claim that a 2008 state law prohibiting anyone from making Social Security numbers available to the public violated her First Amendment rights. Ostergren posts the records