Privacy and the Privacy and the Right to KnowRight to Know

Grayson Barber, Esq.

Grayson Barber, LLC

What is Privacy?What is Privacy?

Personal security Control over personal information Freedom from unreasonable searches and

seizures Individual dignity Property interest in name, image or likeness The right to be left alone

Constitutional Privacy ProtectionConstitutional Privacy Protection

First Amendment right to free expression Fourth Amendment freedom from

governmental overreaching Substantive liberty interests New Jersey State Constitution

Federal Statutory Privacy Federal Statutory Privacy Protection – A PatchworkProtection – A Patchwork Freedom of Information Act Federal Privacy Act of 1974 Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 Cable Act of 1984 Electronic Communications Privacy Act Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 Telephone Consumer Protection Act Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1. Relevance

2. Purpose

3. Use Limitations

4. Quality

5. Security

6. Access

7. Consent

8. Accountability

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1.Relevance

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1. Relevance

2.Purpose

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1. Relevance

2. Purpose

3.Use Limitations

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1. Relevance

2. Purpose

3. Use Limitations

4.Quality

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1. Relevance

2. Purpose

3. Use Limitations

4. Quality

5.Security

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1. Relevance

2. Purpose

3. Use Limitations

4. Quality

5. Security

6.Access

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1. Relevance

2. Purpose

3. Use Limitations

4. Quality

5. Security

6. Access

7.Consent

Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices

1. Relevance

2. Purpose

3. Use Limitations

4. Quality

5. Security

6. Access

7. Consent

8.Accountability

Reasons for Reasons for Fair Information PracticesFair Information Practices Ensure data collection is fair and subject to

law Build consumer confidence Establish stable business environment Reap benefits of new technology while

safeguarding key interests

Notice and Opt-OutNotice and Opt-Out

Gramm-Leach-Bliley

Gramm-Leach-BlileyGramm-Leach-Bliley

Banks

Insurance Companies

BrokerageHouses

Gramm-Leach-BlileyGramm-Leach-Bliley

Banks

Insurance Companies

BrokerageHouses

“Affiliates”

Third Parties

Notice and“Opt Out”

Gramm-Leach-BlileyGramm-Leach-Bliley

Banks

Insurance Companies

BrokerageHouses

“Affiliates”

MedicalInformation

Notice and Opt-OutNotice and Opt-Out

Gramm-Leach-Bliley “Privacy statements” are reservations of

rights, disclaimers, warning labels Enforcement is difficult No private cause of action Market-based practices fail to protect

privacy Amplification effect

Failures in Self-RegulationFailures in Self-Regulation

Identity theft Prozac in the mail Toysmart.com Scarlet letters

What Is To Be Done?What Is To Be Done?

Open government Opt-in for disclosures of personal data Fair information practices Allow lawsuits for invasions of privacy New laws for new technologies Ask what actually works

Open Records are EssentialOpen Records are Essentialfor Protecting Privacyfor Protecting Privacy

Free expression and privacy are both essential for democracy

Without open government, there is no privacy

Open records can shed light on government without disclosing personal information about individuals

What Can You Do? What Can You Do?

Contact your legislators New Jersey Financial Privacy Act

A-3216 and S-2245 www.njleg.state.nj.us

What Can You Do? What Can You Do?

Speak up! Attend meetings of the Privacy Study

Commission

www.nj.gov/privacy Write to the PSC

privacy@dca.state.nj.us