"Privacy"
Conn. Bill Gives Families Say Over Newtown Records
May 23, 2013HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The public release of any photograph, videotape or digital recording related to last year’s deadly Newtown elementary school shooting would require the written consent of victims’ family members, according to a working draft of a bill released Wednesday by the governor’s office.
Read full articleSenate Panel Rejects 9-1-1 Privacy Measure
June 21, 2012A [California] Senate committee has rejected a bill spurred in part by the release of 911 tapes involving Demi Moore.
Read full articleOPINION: Torres’ 9-1-1 Bill Will Not Balance Privacy and Transparency
April 23, 2012Do you realize that if you call 9-1-1 and reveal to a dispatcher some private medical information about yourself that you could hear it replayed tomorrow on the news?
Read full article‘Is There a Doctor in the House?’
February 29, 2012“Is there a doctor in the house?” This popular phrase has been tossed around since at least the 1930s. We all know what it means: Someone nearby is having a medical emergency, and they may not have time to wait for paramedics to arrive. What does the 21st Century version of this call for help sound like? Perhaps, “Is there an AED in the house?”
Read full articleKanawha County Commission President Kent Carper Wants 9-1-1 Recording Rules Eased
February 15, 2012Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper wants state lawmakers to open up the rules regarding the release of 911 tapes.
Read full articleDispatcher Turned Assemblywoman Seeks 9-1-1 Privacy Through Bill
February 15, 2012Legislation that would keep emergency 911 dispatch calls from being spread through traditional or online media has been introduced by Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Chino.
Read full articleBill Would Keep Identities of Callers to 9-1-1 under Wraps in Pa.
July 7, 2011PITTSBURGH, Pa. — People who call 911 to report a violent crime or noisy neighbor should not have to worry about personal information falling into the hands of a criminal bent on retaliation, according to the author of a bill that would exclude names, phone numbers and more from public records.
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