text: 1. Most Open Data have nothing personal to begin with (examples: digital maps, budgets, air 
  
  pollution measurements....) 
  
  2. The majority of data that are directly related to individuals (e.g. things like names and 
  
  address of people with specific diseases, or who were victims of some crime) have no reason 
  
  to be published,**nor there is any actual demand for them by Open Data advocates**
  
  3. Exceptions that limit privacy for specific cases and categories of people (e.g. candidates to 
  
  public offices, Government and Parliament members etc...) already exist in many countries 
  
  4. Very often, in practice, Open Data struggles only happen about*when and how*to make 
  
  available in the most effective way for society information that was*already*recognized as 
  
  public.*What*to declare public, hence open, is indeed a serious issue (more on this in the next 
  
  paragraph) but is a separate one. 