Surveillance

New Mexico contact tracing

Update: On May 28th, 2020, the state of New Mexico published an updated version of the guidelines which no longer requires restaurants to collect and store this information. They are only required to give patrons the “opportunity” to submit their data. Thanks to everybody who pressured Grisham to change this onerous policy.

According to the Albuquerque Journal (May 23, 2020) NM restaurants will required to collect your contact data if you enter.

Governor Lujan-Grisham has gone power-mad. What happened to privacy? This virus, which she has allowed to destroy the state’s small businesses and economy, is justification for such overreach?

A mandate that New Mexico restaurateurs log and store customers’ contact information is raising concerns as the industry gears up to potentially reopen in-person dining rooms in early June.

“Contact Anxiety,” Albuquerque Journal

https://www.abqjournal.com/1458718/nm-eateries-fret-over-contract-tracing-rule.html/amp

New state rules for restaurants say, “to support contact tracing, (restaurants need to) retain a daily log for at least four weeks including the date, name, and phone number or email address of all customers and employees who enter the establishment.”

KOB.com, “Restaurant owners worried over new contact tracing requirements”

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/restaurant-owners-worried-over-new-contact-tracing-requirements/5736379/

This is relevant. From December 2019.


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