Glomarization
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Glomarization (uncountable)
- The process or result of considering information so secret that it is subject to a Glomar response.
- 1990, Allan Adler, Litigation Under the Federal Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, American Civil Liberties Union:
- More recently, courts have upheld agency "Glomarization" where to confirm that an individual is the subject of, or even mentioned in, a law enforcement record entails the unwarranted invasion of personal privacy that would justify the […]
- 1997, DIANE Publishing Company, Freedom of Information Act Guide and Privacy Act Overview, (1996), DIANE Publishing, →ISBN, page 313:
- […] the agency must take a "bifurcation" approach to it, distinguishing between the exceptionally sensitive law enforcement part of the request and any part that is not so sensitive as to require "Glomarization."