Colorado notary law requires the signature of the signer and any witnesses to be included in the notary journal. The notary law does not mention thumbprints. Colorado SOS notary training recommends, as an optional best practice, that notaries request a thumbprint from the signer, but the signer may decline.
The notary would proceed, with or without the thumbprint. The notary can write the word declined in the thumbprint column of the journal. The most common notary complaint in Colorado is that the signer did not meet with the notary. The thumbprint and signature are evidence of the meeting.
Under Colorado data breach laws, if records are kept electronically, personal information includes Social Security Number, driver's license or ID number, and financial account, credit or debit card number and password. The data breach law does not mention thumbprints. If there is a data breach, and the data is not encrypted, all affected names must be contacted. If the data is encrypted, no notice of breach is required.
For secure data, I use Advanced Encryption Standard AES 256-bit encryption, used by federal agencies. |
