News Notes: Free Guide To New Privacy Law

Last year, Gov. Davis signed new privacy legislation, S.B. 168, that prohibits California businesses from printing Social Security numbers on ID cards or badges and from requiring people to use a Social Security number to log onto a website without a password. To help businesses implement the new law, which took effect July 1, 2002, the California Office of Privacy Protection has published a free online guide, “Recommended Practices for Protecting the Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers.”