> How can data collected by the government be private? That should all be available to the public since it was gathered with public funds. Has no one issued a freedom of information request?
Agreed. What gives the government the right to reject my FOIA requests for the exact specification and design files for gaseous centrifuges, implosion devices, and nerve gas?
Extreme natsec examples aside, there are a thousand reasons to keep government data private, not the least of which is constituent privacy. Deanonymizing data is far easier than preparing it for release and the data schools keep on students is particularly sensitive (I'm not claiming that that's the case with this data, just making a general observation).
Agreed. What gives the government the right to reject my FOIA requests for the exact specification and design files for gaseous centrifuges, implosion devices, and nerve gas?
Extreme natsec examples aside, there are a thousand reasons to keep government data private, not the least of which is constituent privacy. Deanonymizing data is far easier than preparing it for release and the data schools keep on students is particularly sensitive (I'm not claiming that that's the case with this data, just making a general observation).