At 13:06 8/1/96, David M. Rose wrote:

On 1 Aug 1996 (Timothy C. May) wrote:

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I'm with Duncan and Lucky on this one. Nations with a "Privacy Ombudsman" are almost always nations with extensive files on individuals, their habits, and their political activities.

Having a "Privacy Ombudsman" is a bone thrown to the proles. I suspect a police state like Singapore has such a person.

My understanding is that the acceptable term is "ombud", or possibly "ombuds". Cf.: "chair", "anchor", "milk", "post", "g-", "colored", "fire", "police", "China", "French", etc.

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