Got Data? Then Get a Law to Protect It!
One by-product of advancing technology is the unprecedented ability of government to track and monitor the lives its citizenry.
The Colorado Legislature should consider a comprehensive data protection law that controls how government data are collected, created, stored, used and released by state and local agencies, while at the same time recognizing that Coloradoans are free citizens, not subjects who exist to fill databases with the details of their lives.
When Policies Go to Pot: Colorado Should Take Back Control of Intra-state Drug War Priorities
Like other American states, Colorado has long been dependent on federal assistance in carrying out illicit drug control policies. And as with most federal assistance to the states, federal tax dollars are accompanied by federal influence on local practices and priorities.
We don't need to show our darn ID
The new Rosa Parks? Probably not. But Deborah Davis could become an icon for privacy.
Davis is the woman who refused to show her ID to security officers at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood and may be prosecuted for her crime. The center is technically federal property and home to about 7,000 employees and up to 2,000 visitors a day.
