Liability of Transportation Entity for the Unintentional Release of Secure Data or the Intentional Release of Monitoring Data on Movements or Activities of the Public
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 71: Liability of Transportation Entity for the Unintentional Release of Secure Data or the Intentional Release of Monitoring Data on Movements or Activities of the Public reviews the statutes, regulations, and common law regarding the release of data collected for transportation purposes. Included in this research are questions concerning the application of public records laws and the application of any constitutional, statutory, or common law privacy rights. The digest also researches and identifies statutes and common law dealing with the collection of data on the activities of the public, includes a literature search of topics addressing these issues, and also includes a search of state and federal laws focusing on this and similar topics.
Appendixes A through D provide background on the research effort.
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