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Federal Court Reviews Public Disclosure of Hurricane Victims' Data

Will the people who received government hurricane aid after Florida�s 2004 devastating storm season have their privacy invaded if their names and addresses are released to the public? That�s what a three-judge federal appeals panel wanted to know as it grilled lawyers for three Gannett Inc. newspapers, the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday.

Judges grill lawyers in FEMA aid privacy case, News-Press, November 7, 2006.