Advocacy Groups
American Civil Liberties Union: Privacy, CryptoRights Foundation, EFF, Electronic Privacy Information Center, GuardMyCreditFile, Internet Privacy Coalition, Online Privacy Alliance, Privacy International, PrivacyActivism.org, siteGuardian Privacy Seal Program
Cryptography
ACLU In Brief: Computers, Phones & Privacy, BBC News, CDT Encryption Issues Page, Center for Democracy and Technology - Encryption I, Crypto Law Survey, Cryptography Links, Cryptography: Scientific Freedom and Human Rights , Data Encryption Standard (DES) - Lay Networks, Encryption and Privacy in the digital age, Hermetic Systems: Cryptography
4th Amendment
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.
About Your Address
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.
About.com: Privacy Issues
News and resources concerning laws of privacy, including wiretapping.
About.com: Carnivore
Describes the networking sniffing software and the surrounding controversy.
Against TCPA
Discussion of the privacy implications of Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) and Palladium.
AntiPolygraph.org
Dedicated to exposing polygraph waste, fraud, and abuse, and seeking the abolishment of polygraph testing from the American workplace.
Australia's Privacy Commissioner's Websi
Government site dealing with privacy issues. Has focus area on information technology and the Internet.
Carnivore Electronic Surveillance and Diagnostic
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.
CBC Witness: Security Threat
A look at the post 9/11 surveillance society and how it impacts our privacy.
CDT's Guide to Online Privacy
A guide intended to educate Internet users about online privacy and offer practical suggestions and policy recommendations.
Cryptome In
Collection of articles and links on privacy issues, especially Echelon.
CyberAtlantis.com
News site regarding privacy and freedom issues. Links to global articles.
Defend Your Privacy
Opposes the US Health and Human Services regulation can force doctors to turn their patients' confidential medical records over to the government.
Echelon Watch
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.
Echelon: Questions asked in Australian Senate
Bob Brown's speech concerning the Australian government's involvement with the Echelon spy network.
Echelon: spy satellite: Is there any Privacy?
Research paper discusses the privacy issues and laws concerning privacy as related to the Echelon program.
EPIC Carnivore Litigation
Legal documents presented by the privacy group seeking the release of all FBI records concerning Internet monitoring.
ePrison: Art and Politics of Surveillance.
Explores the art and politics of surveillance. The current Portland Surveillance Mapping Project aims at mapping closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance in Portland, Oregon.
EuroSOCAP
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.
Fundamental Rights Under Privacy in the USA
Annotated list of U.S. Supreme Court cases on privacy.
Glen Robert's Full Disclosure
Glen exposes sites that disclose private information such as names, addresses, and social security numbers.
Guardian Special Report: Privacy on the Internet
Continuing coverage of news, analysis and commentary, including the RIP Act, plus links to government sites and international information and pressure groups.
Hiding From the Man: How to Protect Your Privacy
Comprehensive guide to protecting your privacy in cyberspace and the real world.
HowStuffWorks: How Facial Recognition Systems Wor
Article on FACEIT software.
HowStuffWorks: How Wiretapping Works
Article on how wire-tapping works. Links to a variety of other privacy issues such as Carnivore.
Invasion of Privacy
School project on invasion of privacy. Links to some laws.
Junkbusters
Site details a variety of ways privacy is violated or data is shared. Has links for prevention.
Keep your Secrets
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.
Law and Technology Essays [Dr. R. Standler]
Attorney's home page including numerous essays about law, privacy, and technology issues
National I.D. Cards - a threat to liberty
Information and links to articles exposing the dangers of National ID Cards.
No Place to Hide
"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.
NYC Surveillance Camera Project
New York City has been installing cameras throughout the city. Has lots of information, including camera locations.
NYTimes.com - Net Users Try to Elude the Google Gr
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 NYTimes.com registration to view.]
PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law
Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to PIPEDA and other Canadian and international privacy laws
Prime recent and proposed attacks on civil rights
Document shows a detailed list of those rights of UK citizens challenged and the consequences.
Privacilla.org
Links to articles and opinions about a variety of privacy issues from medical records to bank statements. Articles have linked bibliographies.
Privacy and Civil Liberties
From Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - program information and links.
Privacy Avenue
This site provides links to a variety of privacy related news, software, and issues.
Privacy Digest
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.
PRIVACY Forum
Forum provided by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Cable & Wireless USA, Cisco Systems, Inc., and Telos Systems.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
A nonprofit consumer education and advocacy project whose purpose is to advocate for consumers' privacy rights in public policy proceedings.
Privacy South Africa
List of privacy violators in South Africa with links. Also FAQs on how to protect yourself.
Privacy Spot
Tracks current news and laws related to privacy issues around the world
Privacy Times
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.
Screen for genes
A site concerned with the impact of the Human Genome Project and particularly maintaining genetic databases. Links to various related sites.
Spyware: Research, Testing, Legislation, and Suits
Original research on methods and effects of spyware, and index to recent legislation and lawsuits seeking to block spyware.
State Surveillance in the Internet.
A paper on surveillance and surveillance theory on the Internet by Francisco Javier Bernal. Active link bibliography.
The Privacy Marketing Review
Thoughts on information privacy and the relationship marketing concept.
The Privacy Page
A resource for cryptography, encryption, or electronic privacy information.
The Surveillance Society
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.
Topix.net: Privacy
News about privacy, collected from various sources on the web.
UK Police Want Keys to Decode Private E-mail
Article from The Telegraph describes how British police want keys to decode private e-mail.
Urban Druid
Resources and news concerning privacy and fair use issues surrounding digital technologies.
Web bugs
Article concerning Web bugs (1-pixel gifs), similar to cookies, that track Internet surfing patterns.
Who Watches the Web?
The latest news on Carnivore, Echelon and several other government efforts to monitor and censor private communications.
Wired News: Privacy Matters
Collection of recent "Wired" articles on the issue.
Wired: Separating Equifax from Fiction
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]
World Wide Wiretapping / Eavesdropping Problem
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.