Florida appeals court rules disclosure of SSN violates privacy rights
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PoliTech reports that a Florida appeals court has overturned the dismissal of a case alleging that disclosure of SSN in order to obtain a tax break violates privacy. Now, this is a fairly narrow ruling; plaintiffs objected on three grounds (equal protection of the US constitution, equal protection of the Florida Constitution, and the 1974 Privacy Act) and lost two out of the three even on appeal. The claim that survived appeal is based on the Florida Constitution and is thus not relevant for those outside of Florida, except in that other states may have similar language in their constitutions. Furthermore, this is an appeal of a dismissal, which means that the plaintiffs can bring the case to a trial, not necessarily that they will succeed on the merits. But it's heartening. This is the sort of thing that I've always felt stunk to high heaven, but I've never found it important enough to fight over. |
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