71.   Protected by international privacy laws, the banks routinely rejected inquiries by survivors who could not produce death certificates or other documents destroyed in the searing winds of war.

72.   Rene Mercier, a spokesman for the Canadian immigration agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, said he could not comment on the case because of privacy laws.

73.   School officials, citing federal student privacy laws, would not say who made the decision to allow the senior to retest.

74.   She said she is considering asking Congress to rewrite federal privacy law to ban the practice.

75.   She said privacy laws prevented her from disclosing any other information.

76.   Some states have been quicker to pass tough privacy laws than Congress, but in every area, this fuels conflict over whether weaker federal bills should pre-empt them.

77.   State officials say they have no way of telling if someone has used the law, since medical records are protected by privacy laws.

78.   TCU coach Pat Sullivan confirmed the suspension yesterday after practice, but did not reveal the reason because of privacy laws.

79.   That leaves her with privacy protection laws, which in New York are extremely weak.

80.   That federal privacy law applies to all educational institutions that receive federal funds -- including schools, colleges and universities.