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• - Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to PIPEDA and other Canadian and international privacy laws
  
• - Describes the networking sniffing software and the surrounding controversy.
  
• - News and resources concerning laws of privacy, including wiretapping.
  
• - A resource for cryptography, encryption, or electronic privacy information.
  
• - Links to articles and opinions about a variety of privacy issues from medical records to bank statements. Articles have linked bibliographies.
  
• - 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
  
• - A site concerned with the impact of the Human Genome Project and particularly maintaining genetic databases. Links to various related sites.
  
• - "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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Opposes the US Health and Human Services regulation can force doctors to turn their patients' confidential medical records over to the government.
  
• - School project on invasion of privacy. Links to some laws.
  
• - Dedicated to exposing polygraph waste, fraud, and abuse, and seeking the abolishment of polygraph testing from the American workplace.
  
• - Collection of articles and links on privacy issues, especially Echelon.
  
• - News site regarding privacy and freedom issues. Links to global articles.
  
• - A look at the post 9/11 surveillance society and how it impacts our privacy.
  
• - 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]
  
• - Article concerning Web bugs (1-pixel gifs), similar to cookies, that track Internet surfing patterns.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Government site dealing with privacy issues. Has focus area on information technology and the Internet.
  
• - Explores the art and politics of surveillance. The current Portland Surveillance Mapping Project aims at mapping closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance in Portland, Oregon.
  
• - From Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - program information and links.
  
• - A paper on surveillance and surveillance theory on the Internet by Francisco Javier Bernal. Active link bibliography.
  
• - Attorney's home page including numerous essays about law, privacy, and technology issues
  
• - Legal documents presented by the privacy group seeking the release of all FBI records concerning Internet monitoring.
  
• - 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
  
• - Resources and news concerning privacy and fair use issues surrounding digital technologies.
  
• - Fighting to keep autopsy photos private.
  
• - A guide intended to educate Internet users about online privacy and offer practical suggestions and policy recommendations.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Document shows a detailed list of those rights of UK citizens challenged and the consequences.
  
• - Article on FACEIT software.
  
• - Glen exposes sites that disclose private information such as names, addresses, and social security numbers.
  
• - Annotated list of U.S. Supreme Court cases on privacy.
  
• - Information and links to articles exposing the dangers of National ID Cards.
  
• - Official statement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the US House of Representatives regarding the use and oversight of the Carnivore Electronic Surveillance program.
  
• - A nonprofit consumer education and advocacy project whose purpose is to advocate for consumers' privacy rights in public policy proceedings.
  
• - Provides human rights workers with security technology.
  
• - Comprehensive guide to protecting your privacy in cyberspace and the real world.
  
• - Site details a variety of ways privacy is violated or data is shared. Has links for prevention.
  
• - Article on how wire-tapping works. Links to a variety of other privacy issues such as Carnivore.
  
• - Tracks current news and laws related to privacy issues around the world
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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 object
  
• - Collection of recent "Wired" articles on the issue.
  
• - Research paper discusses the privacy issues and laws concerning privacy as related to the Echelon program.
  
• - Privacy and human rights issues blog.
  
• - 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.
  
• - List of privacy violators in South Africa with links. Also FAQs on how to protect yourself.
  
• - The latest news on Carnivore, Echelon and several other government efforts to monitor and censor private communications.
  
• - Forum provided by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Cable & Wireless USA, Cisco Systems, Inc., and Telos Systems.
  
• - Bob Brown's speech concerning the Australian government's involvement with the Echelon spy network.
  
• - Original research on methods and effects of spyware, and index to recent legislation and lawsuits seeking to block spyware.
  
• - Article from The Telegraph describes how British police want keys to decode private e-mail.
  
• - Discussion of the privacy implications of Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) and Palladium.
  
• - New York City has been installing cameras throughout the city. Has lots of information, including camera locations.
  
• - Continuing coverage of news, analysis and commentary, including the RIP Act, plus links to government sites and international information and pressure groups.
  
• - Thoughts on information privacy and the relationship marketing concept.
  
• - 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.
  
• - This site provides links to a variety of privacy related news, software, and issues.