Is There Privacy in the Workplace?http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs7-work.htm
This one in a series of fact sheets by the Utility Consumers' Action Network addresses such issues as whether an employer can listen in on an employee's phone calls.
Internet Privacy Lawhttp://www.netatty.com/privacy/
A California attorney, Timothy J. Walton, examines the constitutional basis for privacy while on the Net and explains ways that privacy can be invaded.
"Privacy in the Digital Age"http://www.cdt.org/publications/lawreview/1999nova.shtml
This work in progress from a 1999 issue of the Nova Law Review by Jerry Berman and Deirdre Mulligan explores the complexity of regulating the Internet and calls for cooperative action of all involved.
"Lost and Found in Cyperspace: Informational Privacy in the Age of the Internet"http://www.info-law.com/lost.html
In the 1997 San Diego Law Review, Susan E. Gindin explains how privacy can be invaded electronically, how privacy can be protected through various tools and procedures, and what laws currently assist users.
"Chief of Staff John Podesta: Remarks to National Press Club on Electronic Privacy"http://www.techlawjournal.com/encrypt/20000717sp.htm
In July 2000, White House Chief of Staff John Podesta addressed "the issue of how to protect privacy and civil liberties, while also protecting public safety in an electronic age."
"Databases Start To Fuel Consumer Ire"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/frompost/march98/privacy10.htm
In this March 1998 article, John Schwarz and Robert O'Harrow, Jr., Washington Post staff writers, detail how angry consumers feel harassed by the way companies easily access personal information and how the consumers can try to resist such invasions.
"Anonymity and Privacy on the Internet"http://www.stack.nl/~galactus/remailers/
Here explore a site that gives pointers on how to maintain privacy on the Internet, providing directions for ways to protect communications and files as well as ways to maintain anonymity.
"The Georgetown Internet Privacy Policy Study"http://www.gsb.georgetown.edu/faculty/culnanm/gippshome.html
Directed by Dr. Mary J. Culnan of Georgetown University, the project includes a site that has two reports on issues related to privacy on the internet.
The Electronic Frontier Foundationhttp://www.eff.org/
Provides links to myriad sites on electronic freedom of speech and privacy issues. Among the sites provided is one that gives the full text of the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act ( http://www.eff.org/Legal/Intellectual_property/Legal/Legislation/ecpa.law ).
"The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace: February 2003"http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberspace_strategy.pdf
As part of its response to the events of September 11, 2001, The White House has published its examination of the threats and vulnerabilities in cyberspace, national policy and principles, its security priorities, and its proposed actions and recommendations—not just for the federal and local governments but for businesses and individuals as well.
"National and State Trends in Fraud and Identity Theft: January-December 2002"http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel/pubs/Top10Fraud_2002.pdf
The Federal Trade Commission of the United States provides its January 2003 report on-line—with charts showing the dramatic rise in complaints of identity theft and of fraud, including internet fraud.
UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policyhttp://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/hp.html
Read about the latest controversies in this still-developing area of the law, including new types of online surveillance that may be established since the September 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
"Government Secrecy in the Age of Information"http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/pages/news/pdf/quarter5_1.pdf
For
Biodefense Quarterly, Joe Fitzgerald and Antonia Badway write up their interview with Steven Aftergood, Director of the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy, on his perspectives on balancing scientific openness with national security.
"Resolution on the USA Patriot Act and Related Measures That Infringe on the Rights of Library Users."http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/ALA_Washington/Issues2/Civil_Liberties,_Intellectual_Freedom,_Privacy/The_USA_Patriot_Act_and_Libraries/ALA_Resolution_on_PATRIOT_Act.htm
At the 2003 Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in Chicago IL passed a resolution taking a stand on the USA's passage of the Patriot Act to investigate library patrons' internet browsing. If you're unfamiliar with this act, see the next entry.
"Now They Check the Books You Read"http://www.ncac.org/issues/tips.htm
Joan Bertin wrote in this article September 16, 2002, for
Newsday about the ways in which the government is enlisting the aid of librarians and other private citizens in finding and tracking potential terrorist activity.
