Weak though they may be, there are still laws in the USA governing confidentiality of employee records.

That's a poor excuse for anyone having Steemit experience. The whole point of a project which wants to call itself a "blockchain project" is to make these things transparent.
Like of course Steemit inc CEO Ned Scott for example might be too shy to admit he is behind the account @ned, but the information on https://steemit.com/@ned/transfers would remain visible for everyone in any case.

I'm not asking for names and adresses, what I want to see is just the whole list of accounts, that used to get their daily 24 viva and their records

your desire to know who did what and when, doesn't factor into our legal obligation to protect privacy

That's why I've mentioned bankruptcy in the first instance. As a creditor I might get pennies for $, but at least I would know then where the rest of the money went.
Your desire to keep information "who did what and when" private only indicates there is something to hide.