11.   Cathey said she was barred from discussing the matter by federal privacy laws regarding student discipline.

12.   Citing state and federal privacy laws, UCLA declined to comment.

13.   Federal privacy laws had prevented colleges from notifying parents except in the most serious circumstances.

14.   For these reasons, more and more companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Intel publicly support some form of federal privacy legislation.

15.   He has sued the Pentagon to block the dismissal, charging that the Navy violated federal privacy laws in obtaining information about him from America Online.

16.   He would not say if Duffee was married, citing federal privacy law.

17.   Legislation to set federal privacy standards died this year because of profound disagreements between consumer advocates and the health care industry.

18.   Likewise, the IRS declined comment, citing federal privacy laws.

19.   NYU officials would not comment on the story, citing federal privacy laws.

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