Judge: Va. advocate may post officials' social security numbers (The Virginian-Pilot)
By Larry O'Dell RICHMOND A Virginia privacy advocate can continue to publish some state and local officials' Social Security numbers on her Web site to show that government is failing to safeguard citizens' personal information, a federal judge ruled.

Judge supports right to post Social Security numbers on Web site (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Privacy advocate B.J. Ostergren may post on her Web site Social Security numbers of Virginia legislators and other officials that are readily available on government sites, a federal judge ruled today. U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Payne ruled that a 2008 state law that prohibits disseminating such information taken from public records was a violation of Ostergren s First Amendment rights.