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Dear Mr. Hamilton:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion on behalf of Louisiana Delta Community College. In your letter you posed the question whether individuals who contact a state agency from a private or unlisted phone number can expect that their telephone numbers will remain confidential under the Public Records Act.

Louisiana Constitution Article 12, Section 3 provides, "No person shall be denied the right to examine public documents, except in cases established by law." If there is no law regarding the privacy of certain information, it is up to the courts to decide.…