Your check purchases can be approved on the spot. Organ donors can quickly be identified. Fair information practices are essential to our economy. Small and new businesses are especially dependent on access to information to verify credit records and develop marketing plans. Thousands of Minnesotans' jobs rely on information sharing.
Information access is essential to the growth and prosperity of all businesses.
Fair information practices affect us every day in ways we take for granted. Our local police department quickly accesses records to identify and catch criminals. When we go to the grocery store, the clerk accepts our credit card, debit card or check without hesitation. When we don't want to go out, we order that last minute gift online and ship it to our loved one without leaving the house. We are surprised, yet grateful, when the phone rings and it's our credit card company checking to verify our purchases and confirm that our card has not been misused.