"I violate my anonymity daily," said Rick Ohrstrom, the chairman of C4 Recovery Solutions, a consultancy firm.
Age was not recorded in order to avoid possible identification and thus violate the anonymity of respondents.
The questionnaires of each parent and their child had the same registration number, so that they could be matched without violating the anonymity of the participants.
A lack of perceived confidentiality stems from a deep suspicion that healthcare workers may violate their privacy and anonymity by informing parents and/or teachers of a leaner's HIV status, particularly in the event of a positive test.
"He's really not a scorer," said one N.B.A. scout, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not violate league rules about commenting on underclassmen.
One New York City detective, a 19-year veteran who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to violate Police Department rules, said that "20 and out" was "one of my whole reasons for becoming a police officer".
"Being a police officer is a hard job," said a 23-year-old officer with two years in the department, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to violate Police Department rules.
(Surely, granting anonymity to terrorists has got to violate something).
Donors who give amounts that violate the established norm in this context may opt for anonymity, as shown here.
One lawmaker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Mr. Boehner suggested he would be willing to violate the so-called Hastert Rule to pass a debt-limit increase.
