We have to ensure that protocols that have been in place and developed since -- for many, many years, don't prevent either information-gathering or information-sharing so that somebody that's on the TIDES list can't go to the screening -- the database screening list and ultimately to selectee and no-fly.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The study found that gathering or checking information was the most important reason.

FORBES: Why Gossip Is Good For The Office

On the other hand, some information must be protected from public disclosure for the sake of our security -- for instance, the movement of our troops, our intelligence-gathering, or the information we have about a terrorist organization and its affiliates.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama: Our Security, Our Values

When people are not seeking it - like when they are gathering information on the internet or quickly purchasing a coffee - it can be quite irritating.

BBC: Will you tell Starbucks your name?

Lord Macdonald it was "completely inappropriate" for officers to use a dead child's identity, or form sexual relationships with people they were gathering information on.

BBC: Inquiry call over claim police used dead children's IDs

Last month the U.K.'s National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre issued a major call for vigilance, noting 17 targeted Trojan horse attacks sent by e-mail that "appear to be covert gathering and transmitting of commercially or economically valuable information" from British companies and the government.

FORBES: Magazine Article

According to the description of the UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of the right to freedom of expression and opinion, journalists are individuals who observe and describe events, document and analyse events, statements, policies, and any propositions that can affect society, with the purpose of systemizing such information and gathering of facts and analyses to inform sector of society or society as a whole.

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2013

In a Thursday afternoon presentation titled "Hacking Capitalism" at the Black Hat conference, a gathering of computer security experts, they detailed weaknesses in applications using Financial Information eXchange Protocol, or FIX, a common language used in communications between banks and commercial markets.

FORBES: Magazine Article