California Bill Would Restrict Use Of Personal Information

In the 21 March 1999 edition of the Privacy Forum, the following article appeared which describes a piece of recently introduced California state legislation that would greatly enhance privacy within the state and possibly set a nationwide trend. I encourage those of you still in California (or still registered to vote in California--I can't keep track of all of you any more, you bunch of travelling wilburys) to contact their state senators and urge them to support SB 129.

Feel free to pass this on until Jan 1, 2000 to other folks you know that may be interested.

- @Man 

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 99 11:36 PST
From: privacy@vortex.com (PRIVACY Forum)
Subject: PRIVACY Forum Digest V08 #05
To: PRIVACY-Forum-List@vortex.com

PRIVACY Forum Digest      Sunday, 21 March 1999      Volume 08 : Issue 05

            Moderated by Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)         
              Vortex Technology, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
	                 http://www.vortex.com 

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Date:    Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:58:55 -0800
From:    Peter Marshall 
Subject: California Bill [via PrivacyExchange]

California Bill Would Restrict Use Of Personal Information

State Senator Steve Peace has introduced a bill in California, SB 129,
that would prohibit collection, use, and disclosure of any type of
personally-identifiable information without the consent of the record
subject. The "Personal Information and Privacy Act of 1999" would
require organizations to "inform individuals about the type of
information it collects, how it collects the information, the purposes
for which the information is collected, the types of organizations to
which the information is disclosed, and the choices and means the
organization offers individuals to limit the use and disclosure of the
information." A privacy ombudsman would be appointed to accept
complaints about organizations from private citizens. Industry experts
believe SB 129 may be the most important state bill facing businesses
this year; if the bill passes in California, it would dramatically
change everyday business information practices and possibly lead other
states to enact similar legislation. Peace, a Democrat from the San
Diego area, has been able to enact tough privacy measures in the past --
including a statute limiting access to criminal histories -- and last
year organized a legislative task force that developed fair information
principles for California. February 15, 1999.

A copy of proposed Personal Information and Privacy Act of 1999 may be
found at:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_129_bill_19981222_introduced.html

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