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Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Privacy

Employer and School Access to Social Media Accounts (H 5255A as amended, S 0493A)

ACLU of RI-drafted legislation would have protected users’ private social media profiles from undue intrusion by barring schools and employers from requesting or requiring students’, employees’ or applicants’ social media passwords, or otherwise gaining access to their private social media accounts.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Privacy

Automated License Plate Readers (H 5150, H 5533, H 5825, S 0046)

In February, the ACLU testified before the House Corporations committee in opposition to two bills sanctioning the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs), which are scanners placed on police cruisers and used to scan every license plate on the street.

Legislation

Mar 22, 2012

Privacy

ID Theft Protection (H 7693, S 2386)

The General Assembly again took steps to protect the overuse of social security numbers, by prohibiting credit agencies from using an individual’s social security number as the sole means of verification matching a credit record to an inquiry by a merchant.

Legislation

Mar 22, 2012

Privacy

License Plate Scanners (H 7679, S 2251)

In April, the House Corporations committee heard legislation sanctioning the installation of cameras on police cruisers to continuously scan every license plate on the street.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Privacy

Newborn Screening (H 6108, S 200)

ACLU legislation was successfully enacted to clarify existing law about screening newborns for illnesses.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Privacy

Social Security Numbers (H 5202, S 179)

An ACLU bill that has been enacted into law bars most merchants from demanding any part of a customer’s social security number as a condition of commercial transactions.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Privacy

Internet Subpoenas (H 5093, S 781)

An extremely significant civil liberties loss this year was the passage of legislation allowing law enforcement to obtain an individual’s internet subscriber information from internet service providers without a warrant.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Privacy

School Bus Cameras (H 5657, S 0144)

The Affiliate testified in opposition to legislation amending current law allowing the use of cameras on school buses to catch drivers who unlawfully pass them.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2010

Privacy

Newborn Screening (H 8024, S 2286)

In 2008, the legislature authorized broad-based medical testing of newborns. This year, an ACLU bill was introduced to fine-tune the statute, requiring a medical benefit and known treatment before “other conditions” can be screened for.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Privacy

Employer and School Access to Social Media Accounts (H 5255A as amended, S 0493A)

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Privacy

Automated License Plate Readers (H 5150, H 5533, H 5825, S 0046)

Legislation

Mar 22, 2012

Legislation

Mar 22, 2012

Privacy

ID Theft Protection (H 7693, S 2386)

Legislation

Mar 22, 2012

Legislation

Mar 22, 2012

Privacy

License Plate Scanners (H 7679, S 2251)

In April, the House Corporations committee heard legislation sanctioning the installation of cameras on police cruisers to continuously scan every license plate on the street.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Privacy

Newborn Screening (H 6108, S 200)

ACLU legislation was successfully enacted to clarify existing law about screening newborns for illnesses.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Privacy

Social Security Numbers (H 5202, S 179)

An ACLU bill that has been enacted into law bars most merchants from demanding any part of a customer’s social security number as a condition of commercial transactions.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Privacy

Internet Subpoenas (H 5093, S 781)

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Legislation

Mar 07, 2011

Privacy

School Bus Cameras (H 5657, S 0144)

The Affiliate testified in opposition to legislation amending current law allowing the use of cameras on school buses to catch drivers who unlawfully pass them.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2010

Legislation

Mar 07, 2010

Privacy

Newborn Screening (H 8024, S 2286)

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