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Privacy Links & Blogs


Privacy Organizations & Issues

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

www.aclu.org/privacy 

ACLU Safe and Free Project
Anti-terrorism responses of US Govt
Applied Autonomy
Map of Surveillance Cameras in Manhattan, NY
www.appliedautonomy.com/isee
Auto-ID RFID product tracking
Micro-chips in consumer products
Bad Ads
How to fight telemarketers, spam and other unwanted ads

BBBonline
Web Seal Program

Bloggers, a Legal Guide
Includes Workplace Guidelines

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

www.eff.org/bloggers
www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-labor.php

Californians Against Telemarketing Solicitation
Robert Arkow
California Office of Privacy Protection
Call for Action
Camera Watch SOS 
Carnegie Mellon University
Canadian Privacy Information  
BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
Industry Canada's PrivacyTown 
 
Information and Privacy Commissioner-Ontario  
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada  
Professor Michael Geist, Univ. of Ottawa   
CAPPS II Opposition
Bill Scannell
CAPPS II
Travel screening by US
govt
CASPIAN
Anti-supermarket club cards
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center of Digital Democracy
Center for Public Integrity
DOJ's "confidential" Patriot Act II
Chilling Effects Project
John Doe cases, 1st Amendment
Citizens' Council on Health Care
Twila Brase
www.cchconline.org
Roger Clarke's Dataveillance and Information Privacy Pages
Roger Clarke's Annotated Bibliography
Computers, Freedom & Privacy 2007 conference www.cfp2007.org
Consumer Privacy Guide
Center for Democracy and Technology
Consumer Project on Technology
Ralph Nader
Consumer Web Watch
Consumers Union
Consumer World
Edgar Dworsky
Karen Coyle's Writings on the Net, Privacy and Libraries
CPSR, the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Credit Reports, Free Annually www.annualcreditreport.com
Digital Consumer.org
Consumer digital media rights, Intellectual property

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Bloggers, a Legal Guide
Includes Workplace Guidelines

Electronic Health Records
American Health Info. Community (AHIC)
www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html
Electronic Health Records
US Dept of Health & Human Services IT page
www.hhs.gov/healthit/
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Electronic Privacy Information Center -- Online Guide to Practical Privacy Tools www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html
Fact Squad
Clearinghouse for unbiased info on
technical, societal, & legal aspects of our technology age

Fairfax Co. (VA) Privacy Council
Mike Stollenwerk

Fight Identity Theft
For those targeted by RIAA
Financial Privacy Now
Consumers Union
Free Annual Credit Reports www.annualcreditreport.com
Gene Forum (Oregon)
Genetic Alliance
Genetics -- Council for Responsible Genetics
John Gilmore lawsuit against US Government
Regarding airline travel ID requirement
Daniel Brandt
Edward Hasbrouck's     
Travel Privacy Blog
Health Privacy Project
ID Theft Model State Law
Consumers Union & PIRG
www.consumersunion.org/pub/core_financial_services/001732.html
www.uspirg.org/consumer/archives/PIRGCUCleanActnov05.pdf
ID Theft Site, University of Michigan
IdentityTheft.org
Mari Frank, Attorney and Privacy Consultant.
Author of From Victim to Victor and Safeguard Your Identity
www.identitytheft.org
Identity Theft Resource Center
Provides information and one-on-one assistance to victims of identity theft
www.idtheftcenter.org
Identity Theft Secrets
Jonathan Kraft
www.identitytheftsecrets.com
Immunization Registry Opponents (PROVE)
Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education
InfoWar
IP Justice -- Intellectual Property
Robin Gross
ISPI Clips - Privacy News Service
Institute for the Study of Privacy Issues (ISPI)
www.PrivacyNews.com
Job-Hunt.org
Job-hunting online, privacy tips
Job Search Privacy
Pam Dixon
Junkbusters
Jason Catlett
Junk Faxes
Fighting unsolicited faxes
Junk Removal Tips
McGruff the Crime Dog
"Take a Bite Out of Cyber Crime"
www.bytecrime.org/PDF/McG_booklet_screen.pdf
Medical Privacy Coalition
Michael Ostrolenk
Meyda Online
J.D. Abolins
Minnesota's Information Policy Analysis Division
Department of Administration
www.ipad.state.mn.us
Mortgage Fraud Prevention Tips
National Notary Assoc. and FBI
www.nationalnotary.org/about/index.cfm?
Text=aboutPR&newsID=402
Nat'l Health Information Network
(NHIC)
See also Electronic Health Records
www.hhs.gov/healthit/
National ID Cards, FAQ and Links
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
National Workrights Institute
National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) www.nnedv.org
NetAction
Network USA
Including Anti-fingerprinting
New Jersey Privacy Study Commission
Outsourcing Offshore
Companies that contract with overseas companies
for call centers and other tasks
P3P Viewpoints
Ruchika Agrawal
Passport Requirements-
RFID and Biometrics
Patriot Act reform
ACLU
www.reformthepatriotact.org
People for Internet Responsibility -- PFIR
Nonpartisan network re: Internet development, including privacy issues
Phishing
Prevention Tips
PogoWasRight.org www.pogowasright.org
Postal Services Issues
Privacy2000 Web Portal
PrivacyActivism.org
Deborah Pierce, Linda Ackerman
www.privacyactivism.org
Privacy and American Business
Privacy Exchange
Privacy & American Business
Privacy Forum
Lauren Weinstein
Privacy Foundation
Privacy Foundation, University of Denver
Privacy International
Privacy Knowledge Base         
Legislation and laws in US and Internationally
Privacy News, Info & Action
(EPIC & Privacy Intl)
Privacy Officers Association
Privacy Place                  
North Carolina State University
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Beth Givens
Privacy Surveys, Summary & Index
P. Kumaraguru & L. F. Cranor of CMU Summary of A. Westin's 30+ surveys
http://reports-archive.adm.cs.cmu.edu/anon/isri2005/CMU-ISRI-05-138.pdf
Privacytown (Canada) Consumer Privacy Guide
Private Citizen
Robert Bulmash

Public Records--Opponent of public records on the Internet

Public records on the Internet -- site of
critic David Bloys of TX

The Virginia Watchdog -- site of BJ Ostergren

www.davickservices.com/News%20for%20County%20Officials.htm

 


www.thevirginiawatchdog.com

REAL ID Bill in Congress
Opponents' Resources
ACLU,
www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=18112&c=206

www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=18184&c=206


EPIC, www.epic.org/privacy/id_card
                                               
Unreal-ID, www.unrealid.com
RFID and Biometrics
Passport Requirements
RFID & Libraries Blog
RFID Analysis www.rfidanalysis.org
RFID Gazette www.rfidgazette.org/privacy
RFID Privacy Conference Blog
Simson Garfinkel's Radio Frequency ID (RFID) webblog from Nov. 2003 MIT conference
RFID Today
Sally Bacchetta

http://rfidtoday.blogspot.com
RFID Viruses and Worms www.rfidvirus.org
RFID web site of CASPIAN        Katherine Albrecht www.spychips.org
RISKS Forum Newsgroup
Dr. Peter G. Neumann
ScamSafe
Provides information about identity theft, consumer fraud and credit
www.scamsafe.com
Social Networking & Privacy

Roger Clarke


Duncan Work            
Spam Laws
Spam reporting --spam@uce.gov 
Federal Trade Commission
Violations to CAN-SPAM Act
SpyWare Report
CDT Report--Ghosts in Our Machines

SpyWare Removal Tools

Microsoft
Free spyware removal tool

Free spyware defender program


www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

PC PitStop
Free virus and spyware scans
www.pcpitstop.com
Spybot Software
Free Adware/Privacy Cleaning Software

Spyware Removal Utility
Ad-aware by Lavasoft

SpyWare Center

SpyWare Data
Free Spyware
Removal Assistance

www.spywaredata.com

SpyWare Resources

Anti-Spware Coalition 
CDT & coalition members
www.antispywarecoalition.org
OnGuard, Online
Federal Trade Commission
www.onguardonline.gov
PC Hell
Spyware Removal Help
www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml
SpyChecker
Directory of Spyware Software

SpyWare-Guide
Onine Guide to Spyware Software

SpywareInfo
Spyware and Hijackware Removal

Spyware News www.spywarenews.org
Spyware Warrior
Lists Software that May Spread Spyware

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware
SSN Usage Policy (Social Security Nos)
University of Illinois
Supermarket Club Cards Opponent -- CASPIAN
Supermarket Club Cards Opponent -- NoCards
Surveillance Cameras in NYC
Applied Autonomy
www.appliedautonomy.com/isee
Surveillance on Surveillance (SOS) 
Camera Watch, Carnegie Mellon University
Swipe                          
Data and Bar Code Awareness Project
 
Telecommunications Consumer Information
Washington State
Telemarketing--FTC Do Not Call Registry
Terrorist Attack Responses
Responses of Civil Liberties and Privacy Groups to Government Proposals

www.indefenseoffreedom.org
www.cdt.org/security/010911response.shtml
www.eff.org
www.lchr.org
www.aclu.org

Terrorist Attack Responses
Possible Fraud Schemes
Terrorist Attack Responses
Center for Public Integrity, Copy of Patriot Act II
Travel Data Privacy
Edward Hasbrouck
TRUSTe
Web Seal Program
U.S. PIRG
Video Surveillance Cameras -- ACLU information
Video Surveillance Cameras - ACLU N. Calif. Office
Video Surveillance Overview
Privacy International
Virginia Watchdog - BJ Ostergren
Opponent of public records on the Internet
Project Vote-Smart
Voting Machines & Verification
World Privacy Forum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Privacy Media     Click to Return to Top of the Page

Access Reports
Harry Hammit

www.accessreports.com 

Inside 1-to-1 Privacy Privacy Council
Privacy Journal
Robert Ellis Smith
Privacy Piracy Radio Show
Mari Frank, Esq., & Lloyd Boshaw
www.kuci.org/privacypiracy
Privacy Times
Evan Hendricks
Ryan Singel's Secondary Screening
Anti-terrorism, privacy and data mining
US News & World Report
Privacy page
Washington Post
Privacy Stories
Washington Post
Robert O'Harrow
Wired News
Privacy Stories
Yahoo
Privacy pages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Privacy Blogs Click to Return to Top of the Page

The Dunning Letter
Jack Dunning
www.thedunningletter.blogspot.com

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Deep Links-Noteworthy News from Around the Net

Ephemeral Law Blog
Information Security & Data Privacy
William Morris

http://ephemerallaw.blogspot.com/
numbrX Security Beat
Provides online record & discussion of security breaches
www.numbrx.net
PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law
David Fraser, Esq.
http://www.privacylawyer.ca/blog/
Politics of Privacy
Prof. Andreas Busch
University of Oxford, UK
http://politicsofprivacy.blogspot.com
The Practical Nomad
Edward Hasbrouck's Travel and Passenger Screening Blog
Privacy and Security Law Blog
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
www.privsecblog.com
Privacy Spot
Hughes and Luce
www.privacyspot.com
RFID Gazette www.rfidgazette.org/privacy
RFID Today
Sally Bacchetta

http://rfidtoday.blogspot.com

Bruce Schneier's
Web & Blog on Security

www.schneier.com
Ryan Singel's Secondary Screening
Anti-terrorism, Privacy and Data Mining
Concurring Opinions
Daniel Solove, Esq., 
Georgetown University Law School, Assoc. Prof.
www.concurringopinions.com
Michael Zimmer's
Technology Blog
www.michaelzimmer.org

Privacy Resources in Academia     Click to Return to Top of the Page
(Universities & Colleges)

Anonymity Project
University of Ottawa & collaborators
Assistant Prof. Acquisti
Carnegie Mellon University
Prof. Colin Bennett
University of Victoria, Political Science Dept.
http://web.uvic.ca/polisci/bennett/
Prof. Andreas Busch
University of Oxford, UK
http://politicsofprivacy.blogspot.com
Camera Watch SOS
Carnegie Mellon University
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
University of Ottawa, Canada

Carnegie Mellon University
-Usable Privacy & Security Lab
-Data Privacy Lab
-Cy Lab


http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/
http://privacy.cs.cmu.edu
http://www.cylab.cmu.edu
Prof. Mary Culnan
Bentley College
www.bentley.edu
Prof. Michael Geist
University of Ottawa, Canada
Prof. Dorothy Glancy
Santa Clara University School of Law
www.scu.edu/law/FacWebPage/Glancy/
ID Theft, University of Michigan Site