Tichich, et al. v. City
of Bloomington et al., No. 14-2964 (8th Cir. Sept. 1, 2016).
Plaintiffs (Minnesota driver’s
license holders) sued several cities, government employees, former commissioners, and other government entities for alleged violations
of the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) in accessing or disclosing
personal information without a permissible purpose. The court clarified its
holding in McDonough v. Anoka County, 799 F.3d 931 (8th
Cir. 2015), which
established that a plausible claim of a DPPA violation may be established by
showing suspicious access and timing patterns. In dismissing several of the
claims, the court held that sequential accesses occurring within a
several-minute time span should be considered a single, continuous,
“obtainment” of the data, rather than separate time-punctuated accesses, for
the purpose of establishing whether a suspicious pattern of accesses exists.
In the spring and summer of 2016, the
Data Practices Work Group of the Criminal & Juvenile Justice Information Task Force requested the assistance from students at the
University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs to conduct a study of expectations about the government’s collection and sharing
of data on individuals.
The study analyzed existing academic literature to identify common concerns on
how government controls data, protects privacy, offers transparency, and the
ways government balances those often-competing considerations.
Key findings include:
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Nationally, 93% of citizens
want control of their personal information and
70% believe it is very important to control data collection and access.
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Only 6% of citizens are very
confident that their data are truly secure and 25% of citizens
are “somewhat” confident that data held by the government is secure.
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The
level of comfort citizens have with government intrusion into privacy varies
by age group. Adults 18-29 are less supportive (21%) of intrusion
into privacy as opposed to adults 30-49 (23%), 50-64 (31%), and 65+ (33%).
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Law Enforcement Data
Workshop – November 9, 2016
IPAD will host its Law Enforcement Data
workshop on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm in St. Paul. This full-day workshop provides an overview
of classifications and requirements regarding law enforcement and other related data. Because this is a specialized workshop, IPAD
recommends attendees without prior experience with law enforcement data attend
IPAD’s Intro to Data Practices Policies and Procedures workshop before
enrolling in this workshop.
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