A San Francisco supervisor is calling for stricter privacy controls surrounding “Clipper cards” used to pay for public transportation. Supervisor Jon Avalos has introduced a resolution to ensure that “people who are using Clipper cards can actually be protected against any use of information about where they go and what their whereabouts are,” The San Francisco Examiner reports. The cards do not contain personal information, according to a Metropolitan Transportation Commission spokesman, but do contain travel logs on a passenger’s past 10 trips. The agency is required by state law to provide travel information when subpoenaed, the spokesman said.
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