What do you think about the ethics of withholding government data?

Question: What do you think about the ethics of withholding government data?
- Keywords:
  data,
  ethics,
  government
Asked by Cube King Of The Mini Rainbow Kingdom Of Kings to Matthew, Neil, Pete, Philippa on 18 Mar 2015.
- Neil Taylor answered on 18 Mar 2015:
  
  Hi Cube King Of The Mini Rainbow Kingdom Of Kings!
  
  Tricky question! I suppose this is about the right of a public to know what their government is up to vs the government keeping state secrets safe… I think it totally depends on the context!

Question: What do you think about the ethics of withholding government data?