The site is UK hosted, we felt that publishing data that isn't required for the function of the site would fall foul of the data protection laws within the UK a

The site is UK hosted, we felt that publishing data that isn't required for the function of the site would fall foul of the data protection laws within the UK and EU. It also smelt a bit. And we tried* to not do things that were possible if we felt that the idea was in any way unethical or just stank. * Past-tense not because they now do otherwise, but because I haven't worked there in a while.