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Comment When public information infringes on privacy (Score 1) 340

Speaking as a Canadian, I think this is a great idea! We must realize that in the age of Google, even supposedly public information can bring about serious privacy concerns when published to the internet. The point is NOT to make it impossible for people to match court cases to actual people, but rather to help prevent Google (or any other search engine) from making that match. Because if Google can make that match, then that court case will continuously rise to the top of search results for your name. And at that point, it doesn't really matter if you're innocent or not -- the impression is damaging alone. I'd like to see them do the same for political donations as well.

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