How Much Protection Do Password Protection Laws Really Provide?

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The outlook for the Blumenthal bill looks doesn’t look especially bright right now, despite broad bipartisan support in many of the state-level password protection votes, one congressional staffer noted. Congress overall seems too gridlocked and several influential lobbying groups have yet to make any public commitments either for or against the Blumenthal bill. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for example, has no position on the password protection legislation at this time, spokeswoman Blair Latoff Holmes said.

In the meantime, the ACLU expects state legislators to continue pressing forward, although not at the same frenetic pace as seen over the last year. Workplace rights advocates should contact their state legislators to offer their support in one of the few areas where privacy rights are being broadened on the post-9/11 era, Bohm said.