21.   Some legislators, including Markey, have advocated federal privacy regulation for years.

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

23.   The exact number of students punished and their names were not released because of federal privacy laws.

24.   There is now no federal privacy law for health records.

25.   U.S. Education Secretary Richard Riley has already said he will withhold federal funds to school districts if the proposition is approved because the measure would violate federal privacy laws.

26.   Under new federal privacy rules, each patient must give consent before medical information is transmitted by any electronic means, including hand-helds.

27.   A guide on federal privacy rules was issued Friday to answer questions that arose after President Bush endorsed updated rules in April.

28.   Boucher did not reveal the identity of the victims because of the federal privacy act.

29.   Citing a federal privacy law, the university omitted information that mentioned specific athletes, though names and punishments were announced last fall.

30.   One was reportedly sent to the Sydney home of federal privacy commissioner Moira Scollay and another to the Melbourne home of former federal sex discrimination commissioner Sue Walpole.