Privacy questions about entering buildings, showing ID [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Remember that a U.S. passport does not show your home address... --Declan]

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Subject: Privacy Policy - Buildings
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:06:44 -0400
From: "Trotter, Frank" <Frank.Trotter () EVERBANK com>
To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan () well com>
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This group and many other spend a lot of time considering the privacy
issues surrounding the online community.  A corollary that I haven't
seen come up is the practice of collecting what seems to be a
significant amount of personal information at the entry to buildings,
especially in New York and other large cities.  While the practice is
uneven across the country, it is growing.

I need to enter these building to conduct meetings.  At the same time I
worry about issues ranging from the traditional fear that someone now
clearly knows I am out of town, has my address, and with an accomplice
can organize a robbery (also the old-time ruse when collecting a phone
number on a credit card receipt), identity theft using the data, and
dissemination of any data collected without my permission or knowledge.
I don't even know who the people collecting my information work for, or
who owns the computer and the database where the information is
dutifully stored.

=>   Is there any current regulation for the collection of this
information (I certainly don't lean toward regulation but it would be
nice to know)?

=>   Does anyone on this list work in a building where this is done;
if
so what is you company's policy?

=>   How long is this information retained and who has access?

All the best,

FOT

Frank Trotter
President - Everbank

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These comments are personal messages and do not necessarily reflect the
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