An example is a bill in the Colorado Legislature to create a no-call list by which citizens could register to stop receiving telemarketing solicitations. But in every state where it is proposed, the no-call list has become a lobbying battle, with many exceptions carved out even when the bills become law. Another example is workplace surveillance, a subject the Privacy Foundation is researching. Employers should disclose up front what they're monitoring and why. Employees should make it their business to know what's allowed and what's not.
Common sense is sometimes in short supply among privacy advocates as well.
The systematic collection of information about individuals without their consent can be unsettling and provocative. Fair information practices. In 1973, a government report identified several standards to protect the use of an individual's personal information. This included a prohibition against secondary use, which is personal information collected for one purpose that is instead used for another purpose without the person's consent. Secondary use is why we shouldn't allow our driver's license pictures, for example, to be sold by the state to data brokers without our consent - no matter how worthy the goal.