- Advisory Committee on Online Privacy and Security - Final Report [IA][Direct] -
Recommendations to the Federal Trade Commission concerning providing online consumers reasonable access to personal information collected from and about them by domestic commercial Web sites, and maintaining adequate security for that information.
- Anon.xg.nu [IA][Direct] -
Offer private web browsing, anonymous email, and Nym remailer, as well as links and resources.
- Anonymity, privacy and security [IA][Direct]
- Anonymous Communications on the Internet [IA][Direct] -
Study of Internet anonymity and pseudonymity being conducted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- A Note About Web Browsers & Privacy [IA][Direct]
- Bacard's Privacy Page [IA][Direct] -
Helps protect your computer privacy.
- Bacard's Privacy Site [IA][Direct] -
Helps protect YOUR computer privacy.
- Beyond Concern: Understanding Net Users' Attitudes About Online Privacy [IA][Direct] -
AT&T; Labs-led research study suggests that a variety of approaches may be needed to make people feel secure about the privacy of their personal information on the Internet.
- Case of Timothy McVeigh@ (1999)
- Case of Timothy McVeigh@ (2000)
- CDT's Privacy Watchdog [IA][Direct] -
Your mission is to check for a privacy policy at the Web sites you visit and answer seven simple questions based on the policy.
- CFP96: Sixth Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy [IA][Direct] -
Advocates from the fields of computer science, law, business, public policy, and government to explore how information technologies are affecting freedom and privacy.
- CFP96: Sixth Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy [IA][Direct] -
Archive of the event, which explorede how information technologies are affecting freedom and privacy.
- Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk of Abuse of Economic Information [IA][Direct] -
1999 working document of the Scientific and Technological Options Assessment Panel of the European Parliament looks at communications intelligence and surveillance issues.
- Discovery Channel: Cybersurveillance [IA][Direct] -
Find out about a few ways the Web may be looking over your shoulder.
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act [IA][Direct] -
Explains the protections afforded to citizens under the U.S. law.
- EPIC Online Guide to Privacy Resources [IA][Direct]
- Full Disclosure [IA][Direct] -
Newsletter and radio program on privacy, surveillance, technology and government. Large selection of booklets on similar topics
- Georgetown Internet Privacy Policy Study (GIPPS) [IA][Direct] -
Assesses the extent to which U.S. consumer-oriented web sites disclose their information practices and policies. In .PDF format; published May, 1999.
- Golden Key Campaign for Private Communications Online [IA][Direct]
- Index - Privacy Pages, The [IA][Direct] -
In this age of technological marvels, our privacy is being compromised with revolutionary efficiency.
- Internet Privacy [IA][Direct] -
Good source of information and related links. Maintained by associate law professor Peter Swire of Ohio State University.
- Internet Privacy Issues [IA][Direct] -
Collection of articles and essays by programmer Richard M. Smith about privacy policy, and online privacy hazards, including information about web bugs (clear GIFs).
- Kidz Privacy [IA][Direct] -
Designed to educate kids, parents, and businesses about the privacy rights of children online. From the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
- Nameless in Cyberspace: Anonymity on the Internet [IA][Direct] -
Cato Institute Briefing Paper by software executive and attorney, Jonathan D. Wallace.
- OptOut [IA][Direct] -
Internet spyware detection and removal program.
- Personal notes about privacy on the net [IA][Direct] -
By Gilles Therrien.
- Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Project [IA][Direct] -
Allows users to be informed of site practices, to delegate decisions to their computer when possible, and allow tailored relationships to specific sites.
- Privacy in the Information Age [IA][Direct] -
A look into what personal information is available and to whom, with an emphasis on medical records.
- PrivacyRatings.org [IA][Direct] -
Rates the privacy policies of Web sites.
- Privacy Site, The [IA][Direct] -
Provides up-to-date electronic privacy news stories from around the Web, as well as links to cryptography, encryption, and electronic privacy information.
- Privacy Times [IA][Direct] -
Designed for professionals and attorneys who need to follow the legislation, court rulings, industry developments and horror stories that frame the ongoing debate about information privacy.
- Security and Freedom Through Encryption Forum [IA][Direct] -
Congressman and Industry leaders speak on online privacy and electronic commerce at Stanford University. July 1, 12-6 p.m. et, RealAudio from MediaCast
- Stalker's Home Page, The [IA][Direct] -
Discusses personal information and privacy issues and their abuses by corporations, stalkers, and the World Wide Web.
- Stalker's Home Page, The [IA][Direct] -
Information about the potential for phonebooks on the web to be used for criminal activity.
- Swedish Personal Register Law [IA][Direct] -
New Swedish law about handling of personal information in computers makes much of the publication of information about individual persons on the Internet illegal, such as criticism of named persons, publication of lists of references in scientific papers or the sending of e-mail messages outside of Europe.
- What's Related? [IA][Direct] -
Everything But Your Privacy.
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