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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Labor said race and gender data concerning five top technology companies comprised proprietary information and could not be released.
The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News requested the data through the Freedom of Information Act but was denied the information as the companies filed arguments claiming releasing demographic data about their employees would help their competition.
Google, Apple, Yahoo!, Oracle and Applied Materials were granted permission to keep their data secret but the Labor Department said Hewlett-Packard did not present a solid enough argument and it would, therefore, release Hewlett-Packard data, the Mercury News reported Monday.
Nine other corporations released their data voluntarily, as some analysts thought it a thin argument that divulging how many minorities worked at a company would help the company's rivals.
"There's nothing to hide, in our view," said Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy.
"We just felt we're very proud of the (diversity) programs we have in place."
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