Reagan Greer confers with the District Attorney Office and if they can't come to a conclusion, he goes to the Office of Attorney General. He feels the District Attorney would be a good place to start. Phil Barrett stated that we should think about this beyond state government because it could affect the local governments. Andy Robinson reiterated Gary Chapman's recommendation of a Privacy Commission, but asked the Task Force if they felt the commission needed to be a separate agency. Gary Thompson stated this is not just an on line verses off line issue.
Privacy is a real issue regardless of where the data is coming from.
It was concluded that the Legislature should ultimately decide where the Privacy Commission should be housed but the Task Force should make recommendations. Meet with agency Privacy Officers annually to discuss privacy concerns of agencies and compliance with the Public Information Act and potential privacy act. This almost sounds like we're saying you should have a Privacy Officer in your agency. Andy Robinson feels there might be a conflict of interest between the Open Records Coordinator who is seeking clarity on existing state law and the person who would be advocating for the privacy of the private citizen. He feels there should be two separate commissions or councils.