Red Alert! Colorado Health Department is Trying to Hijack Vaccine Exemptions

Thanks to our friends at the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), we are now aware of HB 1164, introduced by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), attempting to hijack control of vaccine exemptions. [1] The intended purpose of HB 1164 states, “The department is responsible for determining the form by which the exemption is to be submitted and for posting on its website exemption rates for each school.” [2] Currently, vaccine exemption information is collected by the individual schools. However, this bill would force all families in the state seeking vaccine exemptions to submit sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) directly to the department. This information is protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) which prohibits disclosing protected information to a third party, such as CDPHE. [3] However, there may be more to the story than just posting website exemption rates. Your Data Is NOT Safe First, let’s start with data protection. From my perspective, no health or government agency has even earned the right within the past year to even justify THINKING about collecting my sensitive data. They cannot even keep their own backyard safe. What do I mean? In 2015, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) accidentally discovered their computer network was infected with malware through a vendor demonstrating their product. The ensuing investigation discovered over f...
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