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Alison Poe, Deputy Director Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance [email protected] Wisconsin Justice Information Sharing “Privacy Implications for Information Sharing” NGA CJIS Regional Meeting June 21, 2005

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Alison Poe, Deputy DirectorWisconsin Office of Justice

Assistance [email protected]

Wisconsin Justice Information Sharing

“Privacy Implications for Information Sharing”

NGA CJIS Regional Meeting

June 21, 2005

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Welcome to Wisconsin

● Long tradition of local control● Culture of “open” government● Early implementer of:

Statewide law enforcement data switch Statewide court computer system Statewide prosecutor computer system Statewide public defender computer system Statewide justice gateway pilots-current Extensive sharing in place and planned

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Justice Environment

600+ law enforcement agencies 71 state prosecutor offices 50+ state public defender offices 69 state circuit courts 7+ state agencies with justice/law enforcement

responsibilities (DOJ, DOC, DOT, DNR, SPD, DOA, OJA)

and multiple computer systems

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Is privacy important in Wisconsin?

Absolutely!

State Privacy Advocate in 1990’s

Legislative championsStrong media interestStrong agency support i.e.,

DOTAmount of sharing raises

privacy issueWIJIS Privacy Workgroup-for

Gateway

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WIJIS Privacy Workgroup

Why a Privacy Workgroup?

“Technology, Values, and the Justice System” - U of WA Symposium Jan.

2004 Info sharing problems in other states Cultural value in Wisconsin Privacy is a values issue-must discuss

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The Workgroup

● Goals for group re: Justice Gateway: Identify data ok to share (primarily LE) Identify privacy implications

● Privacy expert led group/prepared report● Met for 18 months

13 members including: Law professor, private practice attorney, police, judge, court clerk, victim/witness advocate, prosecutor, Assistant AG, etc.

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Workgroup Results:

● Briefing of WIJIS governance group - Jan 2005

● Draft Report on Privacy Issues

● Recommendations to build on

● Immediate impact—changes in data to be shared

The Workgroup

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Lessons Learned

●Compromise makes all unhappy●Framing productive discussion a

major challenge●Should not rush to decision●Must have broad representation at

table●We have a lot left to do on privacy

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● Meaningful discussion of privacy-fear, easy solutions, time limits and limited perspectives make clear thinking difficult.

● Getting the right voices involved-must include experts, unpopular perspectives, public in the discussion.

● Shaping technical solutions to reflect privacy (and other) values-it takes more time and effort.

The Challenges?

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Guidance?

●Justice Management Institute Draft-March 28, 2005

●“Technology, Values and the Justice System”-Washington Law Review (www.law.washington.edu/wlr/symposium.html)

●“Privacy Schmrivacy?”-Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

●Policies from other countries-Canada, EU●U.S. Constitution

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Guidance?

●“Information Privacy:A Spotlight on Key Issues”NASCIO Feb. 2004 (www.nascio.org)

●“Federal Privacy Law Compendium Version 1.0”NASCIO April 2003 (www.nascio.org)

●BJA/Global papers on Privacy & Public Access (www.it.ojp.gov)●NCSC papers on privacy (www.ncsconline.org)●Web-sites of privacy and civil rights organizations

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●Fund broad-based privacy efforts●Sponsor symposia on “Information Sharing, Values

and the Criminal Justice System”●Require training on privacy for info system users●Look for privacy concerns in technology legislation●Make privacy a high priority issue

What to tell Policymakers?