Government lawyers signaled that they would continue fighting to keep the information secret on national security grounds.

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The absence of such protection would make firms keep this information secret.

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The Obama administration added that the government's interest in solving crimes outweighs the right to keep personal genetic information secret.

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As corporations make headlines for hiding expenses and furnishing execs with gilded trash cans, mutual funds keep even basic investor information secret, such as how much fund company executives earn and whether fund managers personally invest anything in the funds they oversee.

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Facebook, Google, texting and the instant access to information via the Internet and smartphones provide new challenges to keep the identities of witnesses a secret.

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