Individuals’ privacy rights can outweigh the public benefit of obtaining the complete cell phone records of public officials, the state Supreme Court ruled Dec. 19.
The high court, in Tribune-Review Publishing Co. v. Bodack, PICS Case No. 08-2099 (Pa. Dec. 19, 2008) McCaffery, J.; Saylor, J., concurring (15 pages) ruled that unredacted cell phone records, including phone numbers of incoming and outgoing calls, fall under reputation, personal security and privacy exceptions to disclosure under the Right-to-Know Act.
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