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Top: Society: Issues: Human Rights and Liberties: Privacy (217)
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Law and Technology Essays [Dr. R. Standler] - Attorney's home page including numerous essays about law, privacy, and technology issues The Privacy Page - A resource for cryptography, encryption, or electronic privacy information. PRIVACY Forum - Forum provided by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Cable & Wireless USA, Cisco Systems, Inc., and Telos Systems. California Bankers Oppose Snooping Plan - The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Company) is proposing a plan called Know Your Customer which would require banking institutions to monitor unusual transactions of every customer and report them to the government. NYC Surveillance Camera Project - New York City has been installing cameras throughout the city. Has lots of information, including camera locations. CyberAtlantis.com - News site regarding privacy and freedom issues. Links to global articles. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - A nonprofit consumer education and advocacy project whose purpose is to advocate for consumers' privacy rights in public policy proceedings. Privacy Times - 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. Privacy and Civil Liberties - From Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - program information and links. Hiding From the Man: How to Protect Your Privacy - Comprehensive guide to protecting your privacy in cyberspace and the real world. Echelon Watch - Encourages public discussion of the Echelon Network, an intelligence gathering organization, that is a potential threat to civil liberties, and to urge the governments of the world to protect our rights. The Surveillance Society - 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. About Your Address - Under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts anyone can request your personal details from any US government agency. Information about the rules and instructions on how to get the information. Privacy Digest - Covers the items directly and indirectly impacting your privacy such as cryptography, wiretaps, Free Speech, DNA and genetic testing, and database tracking in general. Archive goes back to 1997. Stop Carnivore - Dedicated to the sole purpose of stopping the deployment of the FBI's ISP spy tool called Carnivore. Cryptome In - Collection of articles and links on privacy issues, especially Echelon. Glen Robert's Full Disclosure - Glen exposes sites that disclose private information such as names, addresses, and social security numbers. Australia's Privacy Commissioner's Website - Government site dealing with privacy issues. Has focus area on information technology and the Internet. Screen for genes - A site concerned with the impact of the Human Genome Project and particularly maintaining genetic databases. Links to various related sites. Privacilla.org - Links to articles and opinions about a variety of privacy issues from medical records to bank statements. Articles have linked bibliographies. Keep your Secrets - Maintain your privacy and keep your secrets, with effective techniques of verbal deception, evasion, lying, cover-story, and misdirection. Online examples and suggestions for evaluating risks of secrecy as well as suggestions for hiding physical objects as well as hiding activities. Web bugs - Article concerning Web bugs (1-pixel gifs), similar to cookies, that track Internet surfing patterns. Speak out on privacy - Links to news articles concerning privacy related issues. Has forum and debate areas. State Surveillance in the Internet. - A paper on surveillance and surveillance theory on the Internet by Francisco Javier Bernal. Active link bibliography. Privacy News - Links to headline news regarding data privacy taken from over a variety of sources. 4th Amendment - A web magazine with dissenting opinions about a variety of topics, including privacy issues such as Carnivore and Echelon. Has links to a variety of issues. Echelon: Questions asked in Australian Senate - Bob Brown's speech concerning the Australian government's involvement with the Echelon spy network. Visionic Corporation - Makers of FACEIT Face Recognition software. World Wide Wiretapping / Eavesdropping Problem - Every week updating unique list of wiretapping and eavesdropping cases around the world, abuse of phone lines for commercial espionage, financial fraud, invasion of security and assaults on privacy. Invasion of Privacy - School project on invasion of privacy. Links to some laws. Who Watches the Web? - The latest news on Carnivore, Echelon and several other government efforts to monitor and censor private communications. HowStuffWorks: How Wiretapping Works - Article on how wire-tapping works. Links to a variety of other privacy issues such as Carnivore. Privacy Avenue - This site provides links to a variety of privacy related news, software, and issues. HowStuffWorks: How Facial Recognition Systems Work - Article on FACEIT software. Government Secret Searches - HR 2987 - Commentary by David Bailey on HR 2987 (The Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 1999). Has link to bill's full text as well as Congressional links. NCAAP - Fighting to keep autopsy photos private. FBI: Carnivore Diagnostic Tool - Official description of the FBI's surveillance software. About.com: Carnivore - Describes the networking sniffing software and the surrounding controversy. Glass Watchdog - Free/Open Source solutions for civil society in cyberspace with daily updates on seminars, conferences, user groups, advocacy action, Free/Open Source privacy and security software, news articles, legal decisions and precedents, legislation and treaties EPIC Carnivore Litigation - Legal documents presented by the privacy group seeking the release of all FBI records concerning Internet monitoring. Privacy South Africa - List of privacy violators in South Africa with links. Also FAQs on how to protect yourself. Junkbusters - Site details a variety of ways privacy is violated or data is shared. Has links for prevention. American Citizens For Family Privacy - Group organizing to have autopsy photos declared private as part of medical records. Has links to various states and their laws. Has a forum. Cryptography Links - Information on cryptography & information security. Privaterra - Provides human rights workers with security technology. California Privacy Protection - Site seeks to educate and assist consumers in California on database privacy matters. AnonymityCity.com - Learn how to preserve your online privacy. About.com: Privacy Issues - News and resources concerning laws of privacy, including wiretapping. Guardian Special Report: Privacy on the Internet - Continuing coverage of news, analysis and commentary, including the RIP Act, plus links to government sites and international information and pressure groups. National I.D. Cards - a threat to liberty - Information and links to articles exposing the dangers of National ID Cards. NYTimes.com - Net Users Try to Elude the Google Grasp - 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 NYTimes.com registration to view.] Prime recent and proposed attacks on civil rights in the United Kingdom - Document shows a detailed list of those rights of UK citizens challenged and the consequences. Urban Druid - Resources and news concerning privacy and fair use issues surrounding digital technologies. Wired News: Privacy Matters - Collection of recent "Wired" articles on the issue. Defend Your Privacy - Opposes the US Health and Human Services regulation can force doctors to turn their patients' confidential medical records over to the government. Why protect your privacy ? - Information about privacy on the internet by Markus Jansson. Echelon: spy satellite: Is there any Privacy? - Research paper discusses the privacy issues and laws concerning privacy as related to the Echelon program. Against TCPA - Discussion of the privacy implications of Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) and Palladium. CBC Witness: Security Threat - A look at the post 9/11 surveillance society and how it impacts our privacy. Who is watching you? - Describes the ECHELON system used to intercept information. ePrison: Art and Politics of Surveillance. - Explores the art and politics of surveillance. The current Portland Surveillance Mapping Project aims at mapping closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance in Portland, Oregon. Californians for Privacy Now - Leaders of the California Financial Privacy Initiative explain their strategy to give consumers the right to decide whether their personal information can be sold. Petition, contribution form and FAQ.
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