The trial court erred in granting summary judgment against a Cal. professor’s claim that the University violated his rights under the Information Practices Act (Civ. Code 1798, et seq.) by publicly disclosing personal information about the professor at a public meeting and by leaking a letter to the press which also disclosed personal information about the professor. Unlike the constitutional right to privacy, the IPA protects personal information regardless of whether it is confidential. Anyway, official disclosure of such information might harm by confirming information known before only from unofficial sources.