VIDA, PDTA and GAAFA form the constitutional foundation, grounded in the mandatory relationship between government and citizen. The companion acts answer practical questions that arise once that foundation is in view. They rest on different authority, including the state's power over commercial conduct and dignitary rights, and should not be read as equivalent to the foundational acts.
Vehicle Location Privacy and Fiduciary Accountability Act (VLPFA)
Every state that has regulated automated license plate readers has tried to limit how long police keep the data. None has asked why police need to keep it at all. VLPFA mandates query-without-collection: a scan checks a plate against active warrants and alerts, confirms or denies, and retains nothing about plates that do not match. Law enforcement receives every alert it would have received before. The movement history of everyone else is never created.
- VLPFA, standalone draft, July 8, 2026PDF
Commercial Surveillance and Digital Likeness Protection Act (CSDLPA)
If facts about a person are an unownable commons, what protects people against commercial exploitation of their likeness and behavioral data? CSDLPA treats the right of publicity the way law treats trademarks: not as property in the underlying facts, but as a right against unauthorized commercial use of identity. That protects people without abandoning the principle that facts cannot be owned.
- CSDLPA, draft, July 2026PDF
The companion drafts predate Version 2.2 of the foundational acts and will be conformed to it.