Privacy advocates are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to affix her signature on a bill that would protect sensitive information gathered from people being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Advocates say the unfettered sharing of information could be misused by a raft of entities, including law enforcement who the New York Civil Liberties Union suggests could use that data in criminal proceedings.
That possibility, the group said, could be having a chilling effect in the rate of vaccinations among some groups — and hinder public health efforts to further protect the public from the ongoing pandemic and other potential health crises.
Vaccine clinics collect a host of personal information, including
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