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It's one thing for it to be public record where every person who wants to know has to make the effort to look it up. It's a different scenario entirely when tho
by tk75x 8y ago
It's one thing for it to be public record where every person who wants to know has to make the effort to look it up. It's a different scenario entirely when thousands of people have access to that information via an easy-to-use app. Now, the likelihood of someone in your social group who disapproves of your political beliefs finding out is much higher. I believe we are all entitled to our privacy and shouldn't be singled out for things like political party affiliation.
- mikeash 8y agoLobby your state government to make that information secret, or end official party affiliation altogether. In the age of ubiquitous internet access, it’s no longer reasonable to expect any publicly available information to remain obscure.
- belorn 8y agoHere in Sweden there has been several alternatives which all puts barriers in front of public information in order to prevent it being accessible through the internet. One method is to simply not allow people to copy it. I can go to the department and request the information, but I can't leave the building with any digital or physical copy (photoing inside is forbidden). Technically within the legal definition of public information. The other method is using copyright to grant permission for private use but not distribution, which mean no one has permission to put the public information online. That way its publicly available to request from the department but it will not be published online. The third method is not really a method but simply relying on the gdpr. The information may be public but there are still legal limits on the kind of databases people may have about private information.