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North Dakota Voters Reject 'opt-out' Law
dakota_kid writes "Congratulations to the North Dakotans at protectourprivacy.net! They succeeded in convincing more than 70% of North Dakota voters to repeal a law that allowed banks and other financial institutions to share (read sell) a customer's private information unless the customer contacts each institution and 'opts-out'. This effectively requires these institutions to obtain the permission of their customers before sharing their personal information, e.g., getting them to 'opt-in'. I know most people don't pay much attention to the activities of North Dakota, and perhaps bank privacy laws, but most of the United States has similar laws, and because of what the North Dakota voters did yesterday, civil rights activists in other states my follow suite. So, if that's you, get to work, you can do it!"
Hooray for the most backward [...] state in the union!
Granted, I fled the state when I was graduated from high school, but good ol' ND isn't the most backward of states. I won't name states I believe to vie for that dubious distinction. I might be willing to suggest the direction one must head from ND to find them, though. :p