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Originally Posted by HarryT
Because the right to be protected by the law is enshrined in all the democracies in which we are fortunate enough to live. If I cannot find out who has committed a crime, I cannot obtain the penalty from that person that the law says I am entitled to. In that situation I think personally that the right of the victim to obtain the identity of the criminal is more important than the criminal's right to anonymity.
If a speed camera takes a photograph of your car speeding, then at least here in the UK you are not allowed to refuse to tell the police who was driving the car at the time. You have, by law, to provide that information.
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There are other examples of "privacy" vs ""public 'good' ", e.g. in the US the privacy of a co-worker who is HIV positive is protected above my right for a safe working environment. Such a tangled web we weave when first we make laws.