1^st Amendment allows posting SSNs of state officials

A Fed­eral judge has ruled that the 1^st Amend­ment pro­tects the rights a Vir­ginia woman to post the SSNs of state offi­cials on her web­site. The woman, a pri­vacy activist, is protest­ing her state government’s post­ing of real estate records that include the people’s Social Secu­rity num­bers. At present, they have given clerks three years to redact the SSNs but lack the fund­ing to make the changes. She hopes to accel­er­ate the removal now that state offi­cials are learn­ing what effect their iner­tia has on residents.

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