Funny story: data on tax declarations in Italy is supposed to be public, but _not easily accessible_. I.e. you can go to the tax agency (or town hall) and ask

Funny story: data on tax declarations in Italy is supposed to be public, but _not easily accessible_. I.e. you can go to the tax agency (or town hall) and ask for data on a given individual since 1973, but you can't just publish it willy nilly. In 2008 the tax collecting agency decided to put all of them online, as that seemed like a reasonable extension of the 40 year old rule, and there was a huge shitstorm[0]. At some point the privacy authority stepped in and imposed them to hide it again, citing a lot of more and less valid concerns. [0] which in my modest opinion proved it was a great idea