Privacy Journal

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This 128-page reference book has been updated, describing more than 700 state and federal laws on privacy and surveillance. A description and a legal citation is provided for each law. The laws are grouped by category, then listed alphabetically by state. See the list of categories below.

The book is "strongly recommended for all public libraries and law school libraries" by LIBRARY JOURNAL.

Published in 2002 with a 2012 Supplement included (ISBN 0-930072-17-0) (new 13-digit ISBN: 9780930072179), the book sells for $35 plus $4 for postage.

The Supplement includes scores of new laws on identity theft, medical records, "credit freezes," more than 40 laws on "security-breach notifications," spam, gathering telephone-calling records by pretext, use of RFID technology, and use of Social Security numbers. There's a new section on laws regulating tracking technologies. The 2012 Supplement alone is $25; add $4 shipping fee for the hard copy edition.

Best tip: Order the Consolidated Edition, merging the original book and all subsequent supplements and updated in 2012. $24.50, in electronic pdf version; $34.50 plus $ shipping for the hard copy edition (a monograph).

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Contents, followed by sample entries

CONTENTS

Arrest and Conviction Records
Bank and Financial Records
Cable Television
Computer Crime (including 'security notifications')
Credit Reporting and Investigations (including ‘Credit Repair,’
‘Credit Clinics,’ Check-Cashing, 'Credit Freezes,' and Credit Cards)
Criminal Justice Information Systems
Electronic Surveillance (including Wiretapping, Telephone Monitoring, and Video Cameras)
Employment Records
Government Information on Individuals
Identity Theft
Insurance Records (including use of Genetic Information)
Library Records
Mailing Lists (including Video Rentals and ‘Spam’)
Medical Records (including HIV Testing)
Miscellaneous (including Non-Electronic Visual Surveillance
and Breast-Feeding)
Polygraphing in Employment (including Honesty Tests)
Privacy Statutes/​State Constitutions
(including the Right to Publicity)
Privileged Communications
Social Security Numbers
Students and Student Records
Tax Records
Telephone Services (including Telephone Solicitation and Caller ID)
Testing in Employment (including Urinalysis, Genetic, and Blood Tests)
Tracking Technologies

Appendix – Full Texts of Representative Statutes
Financial Modernization Act of 1999 provision on customer information (GLB)
Federal Law on Electronic Surveillance
Georgia Law on Identity Theft
Maryland Law on Identity Theft

Appendix – Canadian Federal and Provincial Laws
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Sample entries from the chapter on Tracking Technologies:

Maine – The state restricts access to event-data recorders in automobiles. Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. title 29-A, sec. 1.

Missouri – “No employer shall require an employee to have [subcutaneous or surgically implanted] personal identification microchip technology implanted into an employee for any reason.” This is a misdemeanor. Mo. Rev. Stat. sec. 285.035. 1.

Nevada – “Black box” recorders may not be in-stalled in automobiles without consent of the owner or lessee. Nev. Rev. Stat. sec. 484.638.

New Hampshire – A manufacturer must disclose the presence of an event-data recorder in a new automobile. N. H. Rev. Stat. ann. sec. 357-G:1.

New York – In 2005 the state was the second to enact restrictions on information in auto event-data recorders. N.Y. Veh. & Traffic Law. tit. 4A16, sec. 416-B.
North Dakota – Manufacturers must notify buyers of the presence of an event-recording device in an auto. The data may be used only for service or improving safety. N.D. Cent. Code sec. 51-07.28.

From the chapter on Social Security Numbers:

Ohio – Driver’s licenses may not display SSN. Ohio Rev. Code Ann. sec. 4501.31.

Oklahoma – Employers may not display or disclose SSNs. Okla. Stat. tit. 40, sec. 173.1.
A driver may not request that DMV use the SSN as license number, and upon renewal, any SSN as a license number must be changed. Sec. 6-106.

Oregon – There are restrictions on businesses and government disclosing Social Security numbers, similar to those in Michigan. Or. Rev. Stat. 646A.620.

Pennsylvania – A SSN may not appear on the li-cense. Pa. Stat. Ann. title 75, sec. 1510.

Rhode Island – Entities may not disclose individuals’ SSNs. R.I. Gen. Laws 6-48-8.
The law on merchants gathering SSNs now says “all or part” of an SSN. Gen. Laws 6-13, 15, and 19.

South Carolina –Display and disclosure of SSNs is prohibited in the identity-theft law, with exceptions. S.C. 37-20-180, 37-20-310, 320.


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