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Appendix D: Security and Privacy
Appendix D: Security and Privacy
Pages 87-95
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First, state VRDs contain personal information associated with registered voters, and such information must be protected against disclosures not permitted by law. Second, the overall integrity of the VRD must be protected against unauthorized alterations (e.g., individual records being improperly added, deleted, or changed)
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Privacy policies for voter registration activities should be based on Fair Information Practices (FIPs) , which are a set of principles for addressing concerns about information privacy.
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SOURCE: U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, Statewide Databases of Registered Voters: Study of Accuracy, Privacy, Usability, Security, and Reliability Issues, 2006, available at http://usacm.acm.org/usacm/ PDF/VRD_report.pdf.
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In addition, an extensive discussion of security and privacy issues specifically with reference to voter registra tion databases is contained in U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, Statewide Databases of Registered Voters: Study of Accuracy, Priacy, Usability, Security, and Reliability Issues, 2006, available at http://usacm.acm.org/ usacm/PDF/VRD_report.pdf.
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Once the data leave the control of the election registrar, it is up to the recipient to enforce any relevant security measures. PRIVACy Distinct from security issues, privacy issues relate to policy regarding what information may be disclosed to which parties under what circumstances.
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Many analysts of privacy issues point to fair information practices as a reasonable framework for privacy protection that balances privacy rights against user needs for personal information, and in the context of voter registration, the 2006 USACM report on statewide databases recommends the adoption of such practices as the basis for privacy policy regarding voter registration activities. 10 Fair information practices (FIPs)
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and inexpensive way and to contest the data's accuracy and completeness, taking steps to ensure that the personal information about individuals is accurate and secure, and providing individuals with mechanisms for redress if these principles are violated. Box D.2 describes two versions of a code of fair information practices.
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regulation and law to protect citizen interests -- for example, some states allow only political parties to obtain voter registration lists. Another tension arises because some state laws also allow election officials to change voters addresses of record without their explicit consent (e.g., when the officials receive a notice of a forward ing address)
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For example, voters may well provide personal information for voter registration without knowing that such information may be used for other purposes. Even if such uses are entirely legal, it is still desir able to protect voter privacy to the maximum extent consistent with law.
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