SB 26-70

Senate Bill 26-70, now signed into law, stops government agencies from accessing databases that track where individuals or vehicles have been in the past. This means that these agencies can't use such information for investigations or share it with other groups unless there are specific exceptions, like when required by a court order. The new law also ensures that this location data isn’t considered public record and must be kept confidential. In practice, this protects personal privacy by limiting how government entities can use historical location data.

Official Summary

The bill prohibits a government entity from accessing a database that reveals an individual's or a vehicle's historical location information, subject to certain exceptions. The bill prohibits a government entity from sharing historical location information with third parties or government agencies outside their jurisdiction, subject to certain exceptions, and makes historical location information not a public record for the purposes of the "Colorado Open Records Act".The bill requires a government entity that collects historical location information to adopt a policy to maintain compliance with the provisions of the regulatory scheme.An enforcement action is created for the attorney general to enforce the provisions of the bill. Historical location information obtained in violation of the prohibitions of the bill are inadmissible in trial.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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