Interesting question came up from another attorney on another list which
is somewhat OT but has an electronic/Internet privacy angle.

Is there any privacy in personally identifying information which can
eventually be found on the Internet, physically at the courthouse, etc
-- for the period of time prior to when such information is generally
made available. Or is the treatment of such information as public
information, and the corresponding lack of action for privacy --
determined by the fact that such records will eventually legally be made
public. My question arises in this instance out of a bank notifying
creditors of an account holder's death prior to the dissemination of the
death record (but could arise in many other ways). IIRC this is not a
violation of Graham-Leach-Bliley, which only restricts dissemination of
non-public information. Is it a violation of other privacy laws?

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Carol Ruth Shepherd
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