In two separate but similar Right-to-Know Law cases, a split en banc Commonwealth Court ruled that middle names and home addresses are public record, but government-issued cellphone numbers and email addresses are not.
In Office of the Governor v. Raffle, the court unanimously ruled in the result and reversed a final determination by the state Office of Open Records that had granted access to all agency-issued cellphone and personal telephone numbers of 39 employees of Governor Tom Corbett’s office.
