A transfer of information about a private citizen to the government cannot be viewed as harmless. Once a private citizen gives personal information to a government official, the citizen no longer has any control over where that information is stored, or the purposes to which it will be put. The more information a government collects on its citizens, the greater its ability to control the citizens.
Informational privacy is an important right.
Home school families are concerned about family privacy in choosing to direct the education of their children. We are working with Congress to pass the Children's Alternative Tax ID Act. Congress Privacy is an important issue to Congress. In the last Congress, supporters could not muster the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure without debate. It is thought that the privacy issue is most intense in the arena of health care.