Judy is a disabled senior citizen that needs to ride in a vans specially equipped for mobile-impaired persons. Her local transit agency puts riders' Social Security numbers on the passes that must be shown upon entering the vehicle. She was upset when the driver looked at her card and wrote down her number in his notebook—worried that they might use it to harm her in some way.
Judy's name has been changed to protect her privacy.
Bob, retired from a large railroad company after 25 years, agreed to appear as an expert witness on the subject of railroad switches (his area of specialty). When he was called upon to testify, the attorney for the defendant asked him nothing about switches, but instead questioned him about his mental health. Years earlier, he had been hospitalized in a psychiatric ward and had been open in sharing that with his employer. It turns out that the employer had released this very sensitive information to the defendant's attorney, who used it to intimidate and discredit him.