1.   Mr Melior, unlike the Prime Minister, was opposed to shackling the press with privacy laws.

2.   Conservatives in the region are calling for a tough new privacy law to prevent the hounding of the Royal Family in the Press.

3.   Now Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Association are calling for a new privacy law aimed at curbing the telefoto lens.

4.   But editors say a privacy law would create more problems than it solves.

5.   Among the problems Shalala sees in developing health records privacy laws is how to deal with law enforcement.

6.   And in any case, the privacy laws that would protect individuals in such cases have not been shown to apply to corporations, she said.

7.   And privacy laws would certainly limit access to any opinions or correspondence from an attorney to the board of an association or corporation.

8.   And when it does, the company responsible for leaking personal information could be sued under a new California privacy law.

9.   Asked if there might have been an unintentional violation of federal privacy laws, a Navy spokesman declined comment.