Resources

We are pleased to provide you with some external links to other sites on the Internet that have helpful information on privacy-related matters.

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Online and Offline Privacy

US Government and Privacy

• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Privacy International
• Privacy Exchange
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Privacy.org
• Privacy Activism
• PrivacyCon
• Roger Clarke's Dataveillance and Information Privacy Pages
• The Privacy Forum
• Amnesty International
• Cryptome
• Human Rights Watch
• The 13th-Star Information Network
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• European Data Protection Supervisor

• Cable Communications Policy Act
• Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
• Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994
• Computer Security Act of 1987
• Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 ("CAN-SPAM" Act)
• Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994
• Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
• Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
• Family and Educational Privacy Act of 1974
• Federal Trade Commission Privacy Initiatives
• General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace; exception
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Interception and disclosure of wire, oral or electronic communications prohibited
• The Privacy Act of 1974
• Unlawful access to stored communications
• Video Privacy Protection Act
• Voluntary disclosure of customer communications or records

Privacy Laws and Governmental Privacy Sites, Non-U.S.

Youth/Student Privacy

• Data Protection Act 1998 (UK)
• Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
• Data Protection materials in Latin American Countries [and
• Department for Constitutional Affairs: Data Protection
• National Data Protection Laws
• Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (AU)
• Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• PrivacyInfo.ca
• Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
• Swedish Data Inspection Board
• Federal Data Protection Commissioner (Germany)
• DUTCH Data Protection Authority
• CNIL Republique Francaise
• ** Data Protection Commissioners: Contact Info and Web Sites, by Country

• ACLU: Student Rights
• Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA)
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)
• FCC Parents' Place
• GetNetWise
• Kidz Privacy
• NetSafe
• Parents Online
• SafeKids.com
• The Freechild Project

Privacy Tools

Search and Seizure

• Privacy Activism
• PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) - MIT Distribution Site
• MajorGeeks.com
• SimplyTheBest info on Spyware
• Cotse.Net's list of free privacy tools

• FourthAmendment.com
• U.S. Constitution: Fourth Amendment

Activism Sites

US States and Privacy

• ActforChange
• Congress.org
• PetitionOnline.com

• A review of federal and state privacy laws
• EPIC: Privacy Laws by State
• California Office of Privacy Protection
• State Genetic Privacy Laws

Travel, CAPPS II

Data-Mining, Law Enforcement

• Free To Travel: Gilmore v. Ashcroft

• MATRIX (Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange)

Freedom of Information

Freedom of Speech

• Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
• Freedom of Information Center
• Freedom of Information in the UK
• The Freedom of Information Act
• BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (Canada)

• American Civil Liberties Union
• Beacon for Freedom of Expression
• Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Blue Ribbon Campaign
• Index on Censorship
• Reporters without Borders (Reportieres sans Frontieres)

Identity Theft

Medical Privacy

• Anti-Phishing.org
• FTC: ID Theft Home
• Identity Theft Resource Center

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Council for Responsible Genetics
• Health Privacy Project
• State Genetic Privacy Laws