Thanks to everyone who contributed time, money, and sweat this year to make our sophomore year a building success. And in 2008, we are going even further! If you're not yet a member, please consider joining (to affiliate, you must specify NH as your state). Membership is free!

As a general principle, New Hampshire respects individual freedom and privacy. See our legislation page for a list of other bills relating to consumer privacy that we have taken a position on, along with links to the actual bills.

There will be many other new and exciting projects this year. Please join us (remember, membership is free!) and help keep the Granite State a great place to live!

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Latest Press

• Your papers please: TSA bans ID-less flight (CNET, 6/9/08)

• New license procedure designed for security (Citizen of Laconia, 6/2/08)

• Is Real ID Really Going to Happen? (Washington Independent, 5/12/08)

• The Pound Sand Approach (REAL ID) (New Hampshire Magazine, 5/08/08)

• Homeland Security blinks on Real ID: No hassles on May 11 (CNET, 4/2/08)

• States Maneuver to Avoid Penalties of New Federal ID Program (Washington Post, 3/30/08)

• Failed, Self-Contradictory REAL ID Myth-Busting (Cato-at-liberty, 3/28/08)

• UW team researches a future filled with RFID chips (Seattle Times, 3/27/08)

• Senators ask feds to scrap Real ID deadline (Boston.com, 3/12/08)

• Lynch Tells Federal Government Not To Impose REAL ID On N.H. (WMUR, 2/26/08)

• Lynch protests Real ID law (Cabinet Press, 2/25/08)

• Govs press for more money on Real ID, Medicaid (Stateline.org, 2/25/08)

• NH May Request REAL ID Extension (NoNAIS.org, 2/22/08)

• Lynch drafts letter seeking Real ID delay (Union Leader, 2/22/08)

• National Animal Identification System: Update (NewsWithViews, 2/6/06)

• REAL ID vs the states (CNET, 2/5/08)

• Real ID could mean real travel headaches - 4-Part Series (CNET, 2/4/08)

• As if REAL ID Weren't Enough (GovExec.com, 2/1/08)

• Hiding From REAL ID (Reason, 2/1/08)

• State caught in security conflict (REAL ID) (Union Leader, 1/12/08)

• Homeland Security Retreats From Facets of 'Real ID' (Washington Post, 11/4/07)

• Chip implants linked to animal tumors (Bradenton Herald, 9/9/07)

• DHS privacy committee joins Real ID opposition (Computerworld, 5/11/07)

• Privacy Groups Renew Push Against Real ID Bill (Computerworld, 5/3/07)

• EAS/RFID: Urgent development affecting RFID and consumer privacy (CASPIAN Newsletter, 4/29/07)

• Representatives okay Real ID ban (Concord Monitor, 4/6/07)

• Legislature should reject Real ID Act (Concord Monitor, 3/25/07)

• ID Refusniks To Be Prisoners In Their Own Country (British national ID) (Infowars.net, 3/13/07)

• American Express Addresses RFID Tracking Plans For People, by Liz McIntyre & Katherine Albrecht (NewsWithViews, 3/10/07)

• Real ID Act postponed two years (LA Times, 3/2/07)

• Digital IDs face opposition among states (CNET, 2/26/07)

• HB 686-FN - "This bill regulates the use of tracking devices in consumer products by requiring labels..." (RFID)

• HB 685 - "This bill prohibits New Hampshire from participating in a national identification card..." (REAL ID)

• ACLU Issues Real ID "Scorecard," Checklist Provides Framework For Evaluation of Upcoming Regulations (ACLU, 2/21/07)

• Oops! Did Verichip Have a "Senior Moment?" (RFID), by Liz McIntyre & Katherine Albrecht (NewsWithViews, 2/13/07)

• Activist: DHS considering outsourcing work for ID law (GovExec.com, 1/11/07)

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