In order to protect the victim's privacy, ICE said it would release no details about his identity or relationship to the suspect.

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The IRS doesn't confirm individual awards out of concern for taxpayer privacy, and won't release data on large awards such as this one until next summer.

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Those two agencies will release their own set of privacy principles in reports expected this year.

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