 Web bugs - http://www.news.com/2100-1017-243077.html Article concerning Web bugs (1-pixel gifs), similar to cookies, that track Internet surfing patterns. |
 About.com: Carnivore - http://compnetworking.about.com/library/weekly/aa071900a.htm Describes the networking sniffing software and the surrounding controversy. |
 Glen Robert's Full Disclosure - http://www.glr.com/ Glen exposes sites that disclose private information such as names, addresses, and social security numbers. |
 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. |
 Wired: Separating Equifax from Fiction - http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/3.09/equifax_pr.html Simson Garfinkel writes about information conglomerate Equifax. Best known as a credit bureau, the company also has its fingers in check approvals, insurance claims, and medical records. [Wired] |
 Topix: Privacy - http://www.topix.com/rss/news/privacy.xml News about privacy, collected from various sources on the web. |
 Privacy South Africa - http://privacy.4mg.com/ List of privacy violators in South Africa with links. Also FAQs on how to protect yourself. |
 Fundamental Rights Under Privacy in the USA - http://www.rbs2.com/priv2.pdf Annotated list of U.S. Supreme Court cases on privacy. |
 Law and Technology Essays [Dr. R. Standler] - http://www.rbs2.com/ Attorney's home page including numerous essays about law, privacy, and technology issues |
 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. |
 National I.D. Cards - a threat to liberty - http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issues/abuseofpower/natidcard.html Information and links to articles exposing the dangers of National ID Cards. |
 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.] |
 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 |
 Privacy Spot - http://www.privacyspot.com Tracks current news and laws related to privacy issues around the world |
 HowStuffWorks: How Wiretapping Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/wiretapping.htm Article on how wire-tapping works. Links to a variety of other privacy issues such as Carnivore. |
 HowStuffWorks: How Facial Recognition Systems Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/facial-recognition.htm Article on FACEIT software. |
 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. |
 World Wide Wiretapping / Eavesdropping Problem - http://www.snapshield.com/Problem_www_fs.html 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. |
 Junkbusters - http://www.junkbusters.com/ Site details a variety of ways privacy is violated or data is shared. Has links for prevention. |
 Hiding From the Man: How to Protect Your Privacy - http://www.chiprowe.com/articles/privacy.html Comprehensive guide to protecting your privacy in cyberspace and the real world. |
 Australia's Privacy Commissioner's Website - http://www.privacy.gov.au/ Government site dealing with privacy issues. Has focus area on information technology and the Internet. |
 The Privacy Page - http://www.privacy.org/ A resource for cryptography, encryption, or electronic privacy information. |
 Guardian Special Report: Privacy on the Internet - http://www.guardian.co.uk/netprivacy/ Continuing coverage of news, analysis and commentary, including the RIP Act, plus links to government sites and international information and pressure groups. |
 UK Police Want Keys to Decode Private E-mail - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1999%2F03%2F06%2Fnspy06.html Article from The Telegraph describes how British police want keys to decode private e-mail. |
 CyberAtlantis.com - http://cyberatlantis.com/ News site regarding privacy and freedom issues. Links to global articles. |
 CDT's Guide to Online Privacy - http://www.cdt.org/privacy/guide/table/ A guide intended to educate Internet users about online privacy and offer practical suggestions and policy recommendations. |
 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. |
 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. |
 Privacy Digest - http://www.privacydigest.com/ 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. |
 Keep your Secrets - http://www.keepyoursecrets.com/ 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. |
 Against TCPA - http://www.againsttcpa.com Discussion of the privacy implications of Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) and Palladium. |
 Privacy and Civil Liberties - http://www.cpsr.org/issues/privacy/privacy From Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - program information and links. |
 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. |
 About Your Address - http://www.strangepages.net/address.html 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 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. |
 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. |
 AntiPolygraph.org - http://antipolygraph.org/ Dedicated to exposing polygraph waste, fraud, and abuse, and seeking the abolishment of polygraph testing from the American workplace. |
 EuroSOCAP - http://www.eurosocap.org/ Provides information on emerging European standards for confidentiality and privacy in healthcare among vulnerable patient populations. In particular, there is a fully searchable links facility which allow cross referencing of legislation across a number of European countries. |
 Cryptome In - http://cryptome.org/index.html Collection of articles and links on privacy issues, especially Echelon. |
 Echelon: Questions asked in Australian Senate - http://www.geocities.com/pwdyson/brownspeech.html Bob Brown's speech concerning the Australian government's involvement with the Echelon spy network. |
 No Place to Hide - http://www.noplacetohide.net/ "No Place To Hide" is a multimedia investigation into the marriage between private data collection and the US government's vastly expanded surveillance authorities in the wake of September 11. |
 The Privacy Marketing Review - http://www.reppel.co.uk/ Thoughts on information privacy and the relationship marketing concept. |
 Screen for genes - http://www.vic.tadd.btinternet.co.uk A site concerned with the impact of the Human Genome Project and particularly maintaining genetic databases. Links to various related sites. |
 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. |
 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. |