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In reply to the discussion: Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners’ Names and Addresses [View all]LooseWilly
(4,477 posts)You do understand the difference, right?
If information submitted for a registration process is delineated as Public Record, then it is public information and is not subject to any privacy considerations.
Business license info, which includes business address and so on, fall likewise under the umbrella of Public Record. That information is also not subject to privacy considerations.
The "personal information" of those working at such a business, however, is Not Public Record- and as such any release of that information IS an "invasion of privacy".
The "counterattack" is, in fact, Not Legal. If anything untoward happens to any of those editors, as private citizens, as a result of the publication of their personal information, there will be an issue of liability.