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Mar 07, 2006
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Internet Subpoenas

ACLU lobbying helped to decisively kill one of the most dangerous bills of the session, a pet proposal of the State Police to give law enforcement broad authority to secretly obtain subscriber information, including bank and credit card numbers, from Internet service providers without a warrant.
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Mar 07, 2006
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RFID Tags

For the second year in a row, the Governor has vetoed an important privacy bill that would restrict the state and municipalities from making use of “radio frequency identification” technology to track students, employees or clients.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Tax Returns

Tucked away at the end of a budget article was a paragraph making available to certain legislative fiscal advisors “information that the tax administrator may consider proper” contained in tax returns filed by any “individual or entity that requests legislation benefiting that individual or entity".
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Red Light Cameras

Last year, Providence city officials persuaded the General Assembly to approve a bill authorizing the installation of automated “red light cameras,” but only after accepting a bevy of ACLU amendments designed to mitigate some of the privacy and due process concerns they raise.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Telephone Records

In response to media stories about the brokering of telephone records, the General Assembly has enacted a law that significantly restricts the procurement or sale of telephone records without the customer’s consent.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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HIV Names Reporting

At present, health care providers are required to report the names of patients with AIDS, but not those who are only HIV-positive.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Privacy

Internet Subpoenas

ACLU lobbying helped to decisively kill one of the most dangerous bills of the session, a pet proposal of the State Police to give law enforcement broad authority to secretly obtain subscriber information, including bank and credit card numbers, from Internet service providers without a warrant.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Mar 07, 2006
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RFID Tags

For the second year in a row, the Governor has vetoed an important privacy bill that would restrict the state and municipalities from making use of “radio frequency identification” technology to track students, employees or clients.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Privacy

Tax Returns

Tucked away at the end of a budget article was a paragraph making available to certain legislative fiscal advisors “information that the tax administrator may consider proper” contained in tax returns filed by any “individual or entity that requests legislation benefiting that individual or entity".
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Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Privacy

Red Light Cameras

Last year, Providence city officials persuaded the General Assembly to approve a bill authorizing the installation of automated “red light cameras,” but only after accepting a bevy of ACLU amendments designed to mitigate some of the privacy and due process concerns they raise.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Mar 07, 2006
  • Privacy

Telephone Records

In response to media stories about the brokering of telephone records, the General Assembly has enacted a law that significantly restricts the procurement or sale of telephone records without the customer’s consent.
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Mar 07, 2006
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Mar 07, 2006
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HIV Names Reporting

At present, health care providers are required to report the names of patients with AIDS, but not those who are only HIV-positive.
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