Privacy

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Some Current Privacy Disputes

• Children's Privacy
  • The Child Online Protection Act (COPA)
    • EPIC's COPA Litigation Page.
    • June 22, 2000. Decision of the US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit striking down COPA.
    • June 22, 2000. ACLU statement on COPA.
  • The Childrens' Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).
  • KidsPrivacy.org: A Parent's Guide to Online Privacy.
• US/ EU Settlement on Safe Harbor
  • June 9, 2000. U.S. Department of Commerce Draft Safe Harbor Privacy Principles.
  • The TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue's Statements on Safe Harbor
    • March 30, 2000. TACD Statement on U.S. Department of Commerce Draft International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles and FAQs.
    • TACD Resolution On Safe Harbor Negotiations.
    • TACD Comments on the US Department of Commerce "Safe Harbor" Proposal.
    • TACD Safe Harbor Proposal and International Convention on Privacy Protection.
• The Clinton Administration's "Critical Infrastructure Protection" project.
  • January 22, 1999, President Clinton's annoucement of new program to combat cyber terrorism.
  • 1998, EPIC's Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Endangerment of Civil Liberties An Assessment of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP).
• Intel's new CPU id
  • Junkbusters, Intel and the Processor Serial Number Rationale · Boycott FAQ Our assessment of the risks and benefits of the PSN
  • January 25, 1999, Ted Bridis, Associated Press, Intel Agrees To Change Its Chips.
• EPIC's Bill Tracting: privacy, speech and cyber-liberties legislation.
• ACLU page on privacy, with information on medical records, genetic privacy and other topics.
• Council for Responsible Genetics Position Statement on Genetic Privacy.
• Center for Media Education page on Online Advertising Targeting Children.
• PIRG's page on Consumer Privacy.
• Richard Swetenham's QuickLinks is a very good source of information on current issues involving electronic commerce and privacy.

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CPT Resources on Privacy

• CPT Page on Medical Records Privacy
• There are a number of privacy related issues in the CPT page on Electonic Commerce.
• CPT's July 26, 1995 letter on Problems with Microsoft Windows 95, by Ralph Nader and James Love

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Other Groups Working on Privacy Issues

• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and its excellent links to privacy resources.
• Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
• Junkbusters.
• Privacy International
• NoPrivacy.Org.
• National Coalition for Patient Rights.

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A few Industry perspectives

• Online Privacy Alliance.
• The Direct Marking Association

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News

• September 28, 2000. Suit Considers Computer Files. Carl Kaplan. New York Times.

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