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New Mexico Privacy: What you need to know

The New Mexico courts have recognized the legal claim of invasion of privacy. There are four separate claims of invasion of privacy:
• Intrusion upon solitude or seclusion
• Public disclosure of private facts
• Publicity that places one in a false light in the public eye
• Appropriation of one's name or likeness
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Identity theft is a crime in New Mexico (NM Stat. Sec. 30-16-24.1). An individual commits identity theft when he or she:
• For the purpose of fraud, obtains, records, or transfers the personal identifying information of another person without that person's consent or authorization; or
• Obtains an identity by electronic fraud.
Personal identifying information is information that identifies a person, including the person's name, address, telephone number, driver's license number, Social Security number (SSN), date of birth, biometric data, place of employment, maiden name, demand deposit account number, checking or savings account number, credit card or debit card number, personal identification number, passwords, or any other numbers or information that can be used to access a person's financial resources.
It is illegal in New Mexico to interfere with communications unless it is done under a court order, by an employee of a communication common carrier in the normal course of employment, or by a person acting under color of law in the investigation of a crime when that person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given consent (NM Stat. Sec. 30-12-1).
New Mexico's Genetic Information Privacy Act prohibits anyone from obtaining genetic information or samples for genetic analysis from a person without first obtaining ...

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