Directory of Privacy Resources

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This category is for sites on privacy issues, both in the home as well as in private communications.

Subcategories

• Advocacy Groups
• Computer and Internet Privacy
• Cryptography
• UK National Identity Scheme
• US Homeland Security

Resources in This Category

• About.com: Carnivore

  http://compnetworking.about.com/library/weekly/aa071900a.htm
  Describes the networking sniffing software and the surrounding controversy.

• AntiPolygraph.org

  http://antipolygraph.org/
  Dedicated to exposing polygraph waste, fraud, and abuse, and seeking the abolishment of polygraph testing from the American workplace.

• Cryptome

  http://cryptome.org/
  Collection of articles and links on privacy issues, especially Echelon.

• CyberAtlantis.com

  http://cyberatlantis.com/
  News site regarding privacy and freedom issues. Links to global articles.

• Echelon: spy satellite: Is there any Privacy?

  http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/hsimms/
  Research paper discusses the privacy issues and laws concerning privacy as related to the Echelon program.

• EPIC Carnivore Litigation

  http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/
  Legal documents presented by the privacy group seeking the release of all FBI records concerning Internet monitoring.

• Fundamental Rights Under Privacy in the USA

  http://www.rbs2.com/priv2.pdf
  Annotated list of U.S. Supreme Court cases on privacy.

• HowStuffWorks: How Facial Recognition Systems Work

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/facial-recognition.htm
  Article on FACEIT software.

• HowStuffWorks: How Wiretapping Works

  http://people.howstuffworks.com/wiretapping.htm
  Article on how wire-tapping works. Links to a variety of other privacy issues such as Carnivore.

• Junkbusters

  http://www.junkbusters.com/
  Site details a variety of ways privacy is violated or data is shared. Has links for prevention.

• Law and Technology Essays [Dr. R. Standler]

  http://www.rbs2.com/
  Attorney's home page including numerous essays about law, privacy, and technology issues

• NYC Surveillance Camera Project

  http://www.mediaeater.com/cameras/
  New York City has been installing cameras throughout the city. Has lots of information, including camera locations.

• NYTimes.com - Net Users Try to Elude the Google Grasp

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/circuits/25GOOG.html
  The combined power of the Internet, search engines and archival databases can enable almost anyone to find information about almost anyone else. As a result, people are trying to reduce their electronic presence and discovering that it is not as simple as it would seem. [Requires free registration to view.]

• Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

  http://www.oaic.gov.au/
  Government site dealing with privacy issues. Has focus area on information technology and the Internet.

• PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law

  http://pipeda.blogspot.com/
  Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to PIPEDA and other Canadian and international privacy laws

• Prime recent and proposed attacks on civil rights in the United Kingdom

  http://www.magnacartaplus.org/civil-liberties/attacks.htm
  Document shows a detailed list of those rights of UK citizens challenged and the consequences.

• Privacilla.org

  http://www.privacilla.org/
  Links to articles and opinions about a variety of privacy issues from medical records to bank statements. Articles have linked bibliographies.

• Privacy and Civil Liberties

  http://cpsr.org/issues/privacy/
  From Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - program information and links.

• PRIVACY Forum

  http://www.vortex.com/privacy.html
  Forum provided by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Cable and Wireless USA, Cisco Systems, Inc., and Telos Systems.

• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

  http://www.privacyrights.org/
  A nonprofit consumer education and advocacy project whose purpose is to advocate for consumers' privacy rights in public policy proceedings.

• Privacy Times

  http://www.privacytimes.com/
  Privacy Times (Newsletter) covers information law and policy, including Internet privacy, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, financial, medical and communications privacy, and EU Directive.

• Spyware: Research, Testing, Legislation, and Suits

  http://www.benedelman.org/spyware
  Original research on methods and effects of spyware, and index to recent legislation and lawsuits seeking to block spyware.

• The Privacy Page

  http://www.privacy.org/
  A resource for cryptography, encryption, or electronic privacy information.

• The Surveillance Society

  http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/199911/15_newsroom_privacy/
  Americans enjoy unlimited benefits from new technologies in a wired world. But those wires send information in two directions, and the access to our personal data has never been more open for abuse. Online resource for on-air features.

• Topix: Privacy

  http://www.topix.com/rss/news/privacy.xml
  News about privacy, collected from various sources on the web.

• Web bugs

  https://www.cnet.com/news/nearly-undetectable-tracking-device-raises-concern/
  Article concerning Web bugs (1-pixel gifs), similar to cookies, that track Internet surfing patterns.

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