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gemini wrote:

BrianSW99 wrote:I understand the outrage over this policy and am upset about it myself, but what law exactly says that a private organization cannot collect your CHL number? From my reading, there isn't one.

I believe what is not written in law is as important as what is written. Nothing prevents you from voluntarily giving your
private, personal information to anyone else or any corporation. However, in this instance, trying to obtain my information
under duress, with the penalty of non-compliance being refused entrance to a publicly owned property was not the intention of our legislators. They were specific in required signage, specific in areas you could and could not carry, specific in banning release of CHL information to the general public or with a "open records" request, specific in banning municipalities from making up their own rules.
They also specifically DID NOT authorize any leasee of government property, or corporation to collect, log, record or store personal, private information related to the legal CHL.
What happens to the information they collect? Is it stored in a data base? Kept as part of State Fair records from year to year? Is the information released or sold to a 3rd party? A the very, very least....is the collected information shredded at days end? Is the gate supervisor or person collecting the information reputable? Former felon? Criminal, civil background checks? etc etc etc etc