Campaign finance disclosure should be about voters, not voyeurs

Regarding the Sept. 11 news article “Liberal targeting of Trump donors raises disclosure fears”:

Proponents of strict campaign finance laws fear that the harassment of political donors will lead to a backlash against disclosure. But it is past time that we took a serious look at our disclosure regime.

Disclosure imposes serious compliance costs, particularly on campaigns with a large number of small contributors. It imposes privacy costs on donors, particularly today, when personal data that once resided in paper files and was viewed only by journalists and political operatives is now available to anyone with an Internet connection.