Dr. Onsrud felt the committee has two distinct options regarding the next step. The first option is that the committee can act as a data clearinghouse, offering relevant privacy data and distributing state and federal standards to those who inquire. The other option is to try and draft our own public sector guidelines based on collected data. He felt that the committee needs to put borders around the project and shrink the broad-scope we are currently working with. Kathy Covert felt that the project should generate a guideline.
Many individuals only have a general idea of their state privacy laws.
She feels a guideline will provide specifics and assist individuals who may be familiar with state law, but have no idea as to how to correctly implement them. The committee seemed to agree that any guideline will have to concentrate on clear and easy implementation practices. William Bamberger felt that a guideline should include a model privacy policy as well as information on how to implement that policy. Lori Dando noted that many states, Utah and Minnesota specifically, already have detailed privacy laws. She feared that in areas such as this the guideline may be subject to legal challenges or may simply be irrelevant.