Perspective anyone?

Okay, the New York Times warned that the article was contrarian but they didn't warn it was ridiculous.

The article is basically an argument against restrictions on resale of confidential information (ie. against privacy). The argument put forward is that people can be tracked and traced for good reasons as well as bad: the article tells the story of a woman reunited with her estranged daughter, because a private investigator could dig through credit and other reports to find her.

I can't bring myself to critique the story - it's too nonsensical. I can only repond with a questions: of the people 'reunited' with others in this way, how many were glad about it? Ie. how many were reunited with estranged children and how many with abusive spouses and general stalkers?