White
Papers, Position Statements
2004
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- Electronic
Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, KPFA and
KFCF. Joint
Comments to US Copyright Office on Internet Radio Privacy & Competition.
Washington DC: EFF, April 5, 2002.
- Electronic
Privacy Information Center. Comments
in the Matter of Telemarketing Rulemaking — FTC File No. R411001.
Washington DC: EPIC, April 10, 2002. Also of interest is the proposed
rule commented on. The proposed rule is a PDF document.
- _____.
Letter
to the House Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection
on HR 4678. Washington DC:EPIC, May 8, 2002. Also of interest
is the bill
this letter discusses.
- _____.
Letter
to President Bush on National ID. Washington DC: EPIC, February
11, 2002.
- Federal
Trade Commission. Senate
Bill S. 2201: The
Online Privacy Act: Letters From Members of the Commission Responding
to a Request for Views from Senator John McCain. Washington DC:
FTC, April 26, 2002. You will need to scroll to April 26. Also of interest
is the bill
commented on here.
- Flynn,
Nancy. E-Mail
Policy Guide: A Formula for Safe and Secure E-Mail Usage. Columbus
OH: The ePolicy Institute, March 2002. Please note that this is a PDF
document.
-
- Institute
for Health Freedom. Update
on the Federal Medical Privacy Rule: Questions and Answers.
Washington DC: IHF, April 2002.
- Junkbusters.
eBay and Privacy. Green Brook, NJ: Junkbusters, February
27, 2002. Also of interest is the eBay
privacy policy discussed here.
- Law Commission.
Electronic
Technology and Police Investigations Some Issues. Wellington,
NZ: Law Commission, February 2002. Please note that this is a PDF document.
- Macker,
Jean-Paul and Sandrine Mathon. Cyber-Surveillance
in the Workplace. Paris: CNIL, February 5, 2002. Please note
that this document will automatically download to your desktop as a
Word file.
- Maryland
Office of People’s Counsel. Letter
to MD Public Service Commission Re: Verizon Notice Regarding Customer
Proprietary Network Information. Baltimore, MD: People’s Counsel,
February 11, 2002.
- Office
of the Victorian Privacy Commission. Public
Registers and Privacy: Building Permit Data. Melbourne: PC,
January 2002. Please note that this is a PDF document.
-
- Privacy
Commissioner of Canada. Letter
to André Ouellet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada
Post Corporation. Ottawa: PC, April 17, 2002.
- STAR Systems.
Heightened
Security: Can Financial Institutions Really Know Their Customers?
Memphis, TN: STAR, September 2002. Please note that this is a PDF
document.
-
- American
Civil Liberties Union. ACLU
Says Plans to Install Facial Recognition Technology in Rhode Island
Airport Will Not Improve Safety. Washington DC: ACLU, October 29,
2001.
- _____.
Legislative
Analysis of the USA Patriot Act. Washington DC: ACLU, November 1,
2001. Also of interest is the Act
analyzed here.
- _____.
ACLU
of Massachusetts Letter Regarding Facial Recognition Technology at Logan
Airport. Boston, MA: ACLU, October 24, 2001.
- _____.
Letter
to House on Anti-Terrorism Aviation Security Bills. Washington DC:
ACLU, October 31, 2001. Also of interest are H.R.
3150 and H.R.
3165 which are discussed in this letter.
-
American
Civil Liberties Union, Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic
Privacy Information Center, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Free Congress
Foundation and the Law Enforcement Alliance of America.
Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft. Washington DC: EPIC,
May 2, 2001.
- American
Civil Liberties Union, et al. November
12 Coalition Letter to Guy Verhofstadt on US Request to Weaken Privacy.
NY: ACLU, November 12, 2001.
- Arrison,
Sonia. Consumer
Privacy: A Free Choice Approach. San Francisco: Pacific Research
Institute for Public Policy, September 5, 2001.
- Association
for Interactive Media. AIM
Replies to Center for Digital Democracy ITV Privacy Report. New
York, NY: AIM, [June 2001]. Also of interest is the report
discussed, which is a PDF document.
- Association
of American Physicians and Surgeons. AAPS
Doctors Sue to Stop HHS Privacy Regs. Tucson, AZ: AAPS, July
31, 2001. Also of interest are the HIPPA
Regulations discussed here.
- _____.
Resolution
to Repeal HHS Privacy Regs. Tucson, AZ: AAPS, [June 2001]. Also
of interest are the HIPPA
Regulations discussed here.
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- [Bush
administration.] Anti-Terrorism
Act of 2001 Section-by-Section Analysis. Washington DC: published
by CDT, September 19, 2001. Also of interest is the proposed
Act this analyzes. Please note that this is a PDF document.
- Canadian
Marketing Association. CMA
Response to Interrogatories Pursuant to CRTC 2001-34. Don Mills,
Ontario: CMA, June 7, 2001. Also of interest is the regulation request
for comment by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission.
- _____.
Review of Telemarketing Rules— Re: Public Order 2001-193.
Don Mills, Ontario: CMA, April 24, 2001.
- Carreau,
Bernard, Acting Under Secretary for International Trade and Donald Hammond,
Acting Under Secretary (Domestic Finance). March
23 Joint Treasury/Commerce Letter to European Commission. Washington
DC: DOC, March 23, 2001. Also of interest is the draft
opinion about these clauses which is being commented on.
- Center
for Democracy and Technology. Anti-Terrorism
Act Expands Government Surveillance Authorities, Weakens Privacy Protection
with No Clear Benefit to Security. Preliminary Analysis. Washington
DC: CDT, September 21, 2001. Also of interest is the proposed
Act this document discusses. Please note that this is a PDF
document.
- Committee
for Economic Development, Research and Policy Committee. The
Digital Economy:Promoting Competition,Innovation, and Opportunity.
Washington DC and New York: CED, May 9, 2001. This is a PDF document.
- Consumer
Project on Technology. CPT’s
Page on the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in
Civil and Commercial Law Washington DC: CPT, [June 20, 2001].
- Direct
Marketing Association of South Africa.
The Privacy File. Johannesburg: DMA, April 2001. Please note
that this is a Word document.
- Electronic
Frontier Foundation.
Draft EEF Analysis of SA 1562, Subtitle B: New Wiretap Bill Would Threaten
Privacy and Free Expression. Washington DC: EFF, September 19,
2001.
- _____. Macy’s
Data Sharing Practices Threaten Your Online Privacy Washington
DC: EFF, June 5, 2001. Also of interest are the macy’s.com
and WeddingChannel.com
privacy policies commented on.
- Electronic
Privacy Information Center.
Analysis of Provisions of the Proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
Affecting the Privacy of Communications and Personal Information.
Washington DC: EPIC, September 24, 2001. Also of interest is the proposed
Act this document discusses.
- _____. eTour.com
Letter to the Federal Trade Commission and the National Association
of Attorneys General. Washington DC: EPIC, May 25, 2001.
- _____.
Letter
to the Members of the Judicial Conference. Washington DC: EPIC,
September 6, 2001.
- _____.
Letter
to FTC on Windows XP and Passport. Washington DC: EPIC, October
23, 2001.
- _____.
WHOIS
Letter to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual
Property. Washington DC: EPIC, July 12, 2001. Also of interest is
the hearing
mentioned in this letter.
- European
Commission. Standard
Contractual Clauses for the Transfer of Personal Data to Third Countries
— Frequently Asked Questions. Brussels: EC, June 18, 2001.
This document also links to the Decision.
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- _____.
Children's Online Privacy Act:Safe Harbor Program. Washington
DC: FTC, January 2001.
- _____.
Privacy Agenda. Washington DC: FTC, October 4, 2001.
- Galil,
Yair. “P3P
— An Imperfect Tool for Privacy.”The Internet Law Journal,
July 14, 2001.
- Ham, Shane
and Robert D. Atkinson. Online
Privacy and a Free Internet: Striking a Balance. Washington
DC: Progressive Policy Institute, April 13, 2001.
- Kuner,
Christopher. First
Thoughts on the Commissioner’s Draft Contract Clauses for the Transfer
of Personal Data. New York: DMA, April 2001. Also of interest
are the European Commission’s Draft
Contractual Clauses for the Transfer of Personal Data.
- Liberty.
ID
Cards: Arguments Against. London: Liberty, October 4, 2001.
Please note that this is a PDF document.
- National
Association of Attorneys General. Comments
Stressing the States’ Role in Policing Online Commerce.
Washington DC: NAAG, [2001].
- NSW Health,
Legal Branch. Guide
to the Health Records and Information Privacy Exposure Draft Bill.
Sydney: NSW Health, December 2001. Please
note that this document will automatically download to your desktop.
Also of Interest is the draft
bill this document discusses which is a PDF document.
- Northern
Territory Attorney-General’s Department. Discussion
Paper: Information Bill. Darwin, NT: AG, October 2001. Also
of interest is the bill
this paper discusses. Please note that both are PDF documents.
- Patient
Safety Institute. FAQs.
Seattle, WA: PSI, no date.
- Peacefire.
Peacefire
Anti-Spam Lawsuits. Seattle, WA: Peacefire, December 10, 2001.
- Piper,
Marbury, Rudnick and Wolfe.
Redline Showing How Subtitle A of 9/20/01 Draft Cybercrime Bill Would
Amend Existing Law. Washington DC: CDT, September 20, 2001.
Please note that this is a PDF document.
- _____.Redline
Showing How Subtitle B Sections 151-157 of 9/20/01 Draft Cybercrime
Bill Would Amend Existing Law. Washington DC: CDT, September
20, 2001. Please note that this is a PDF document.
- Privacilla.org.
Comments
on the Health Insurance Portability Act. Washington DC: Privacilla,
March 30, 2001.
- Privacy
Coalition. Letter
to FTC Chairman-designee Muris. Washington DC: Privacy Coalition,
May 31, 2001.
- _____.
The Privacy
Pledge. Washington DC:Privacy Coalition, February 12, 2001.
- Privacy
Council. The
Ten Commandments of Ethical Surveillance. Dallas, TX: PC, September
13, 2001.
- Privacy
Foundation. National
Commission Needed to Review Privacy of Court Records. Denver:
Privacy Foundation, January 26, 2001. Also of interest is the US Judicial
Conference's Request for Comments on the privacy of electronic case
files, found under 2000.
- Smith,
Richard. Invasion
of the Web Bugs. Denver: Privacy Foundation, February 28, 2001.
- Swindle,
Orson, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. “Privacy
in a Digital World: Industry Must Lead or Government Will.”
Progress on Point, 8.4, March 2001.
- Statewatch.
EU Governments’ to Decide on Retention of Telecommunications
Data (Including Usage) by Law Enforcement Agencies. London:
Statewatch, [June 2001].
- Trans
Atlantic Consumer Dialogue. Open
Letter to Hague Conference. London: TACD, June 15, 2001.
- _____.
Resolution
on the Proposed Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments
in Civil and Commercial Matters. London: TACD, May 2001.
- Thompson,
Tommy, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Statement
by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson Regarding the Patient Privacy Rule.
Washington DC:HHS, April 12, 2001.
- Washington
Newspaper Publishers Association. Comments
on the Health Insurance Portability Act. Seattle, WA:WNPA, April
2001.
2000
- American
Bar Association. Facts About Privacy and Cyberspace. Washington
DC: ABA, March 2000. Note: This is a PDF document.
- Association
of American Physicians and Surgeons. WARNING: Health Web Sites May Be Hazardous to Your
Privacy Tucson, AZ: AAPS, July 12, 2000.
- Bainbridge,
David and Graham Pearce. “Tilting
at Windmills — Has the New Data Protection Law Failed to Make
a Significant Contribution to Rights of Privacy.” The
Journal of Information, Law and Technology, (University of Warwick),
2000 (2), June 30, 2000. This article discusses the United Kingdom’s
recent Data
Protection Act. This article is available in both HTML and
Word formats.
- Bohm,
Nicholas, Ian Brown and Brian Gladman. “Electronic
Commerce: Who Carries the Risk of Fraud?” The Journal
of Information, Law and Technology, (University of Warwick), 2000
(3), October 31, 2000. This article is available in both HTML and
Word formats.
- Catlett,
Jason, President, Junkbusters, Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director,
EPIC and Simon Davies, Director, Privacy International. Amazon.com and Privacy [Collected correspondence
and statements]. Greenbrook, NJ: Junkbusters, September 13, 2000
and ongoing. SEE ALSO Amazon.com's updated privacy policy.
- Clarke,
Roger. Beyond the OECD Guidelines: Privacy Protection for
the 21st Century. Canberra: ANU, January 4, 2000.
- Data
Protection Commissioner of the United Kingdom. Draft Code of Practice: The Use of Personal Data in
Employer/Employee Relationships. Wimslow, Chesire: Office
of the Data Protection Commissioner, October 2000. Click on "Codes
of Practice." This document is available in both PDF and Word
formats.
- _____.
Public Consultation Exercise, 6th October 2000 - 5th
January 2001: Draft Code of Practice on the Use of Personal Data in
Employer/Employee Relationships. Wimslow, Chesire:
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, October 2000. Click on
"Codes of Practice." This document is available in both
PDF and Word formats.
- Diedrich,
Frank. “A
Law of the Internet? Attempts to Regulate Electronic Commerce.”
The Journal of Information, Law and Technology. (University
of Warwick), 2000 (3), October 31, 2000. This article is available
in both HTML and Word formats.
- European
Commission. Statement
of the European Union and the United States on Building Confidence
in e-Commerce and the Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Washington DC: EU, December 18, 2000.
- Federal
Trade Commission. Comments on
Study of Privacy Issues in Bankruptcy Data. Washington DC:
FTC, September 22, 2000.
- Freehills,
Hollingdale and Page. Victoria's Bill of Good Health. Melbourne:
Freehills, September 21, 2000. SEE ALSO the bill this paper discusses.
- Hörnle,
Julia. “The
European Union Takes Initiative in the Field of E-Commerce.”
The Journal of Information, Law and Technology. (University
of Warwick), 2000 (3), October 31, 2000. This article is available
in both HTML and Word formats.
- Internet
Alliance. Building Consumer Trust and Confidence in the Internet
Age. Washington DC:IA, April 2000.
- Judicial
Conference of the United States, Court Administration and Case Management
Committee, Subcommittee on Privacy and Electronic Access. Request for Comment on Privacy and Public Access to Electronic
Case Files. Washington DC: US Judicial Conference, November 13,
2000.
- Mann,
Steve. "Computer Architectures for Protection of Personal Information
Property: Putting Pirates, Pigs and Rapists in Perspective."
First Monday. Chicago: volume 5, number 7, July 3, 2000.
- Ministry
of Consumer and Commercial Relations of Ontario. Consultation Proposal for an Ontario Privacy Act.
Toronto: CCR, September 11, 2000. Please note that the actual Consultation
document is in PDF format.
- National
Association of Attorneys General. Comment
Re Gramm-Leach-Bliley Privacy Safeguards Rule, 16 CFR Part 313.
Washington DC: NAAG, October 24, 2000.
- Nordic
Consumer Ombudsmen. The Nordic Consumer Ombudsmen's Position Paper to Trading
and Marketing on the Internet and in Similar Communication Systems.
Copenhagen: Nordic Consumer Ombudsmen, amended September 1, 2000.
- Palazzi,
Pablo. Data
Protection in Latin American Countries. New York: Fordham,
November 12, 2000.
- Privacilla.org.
Making the Rules, Breaking the Rules: How the "White
House for Kids" Web Site Violates Federal Privacy Policy.
Washington DC: Privacilla, October 2000.
- Privacy
Foundation.The :CueCat Bar Code Reader. Denver: Privacy
Foundation, September 22, 2000.
- Shelby,
Richard, Senator (R-AL). Senator
Shelby Expresses Privacy Concerns With New Computer Exchange Standard.
Washington DC: US Senate, December 5, 2000. To read the standard that
Senator Shelby comments on, click here.
The standard is a PDF document.
- Sholtz,
Paul. Economics of Personal Information Exchange.
First Monday. Chicago: volume 5, number 9, September 4, 2000.
- US Department
of Commerce, Final Safe Harbor Documents. Washington DC:
DOC, October 2000.
- _____.
Safe Harbor Workbook. Washington DC: DOC,
October 2000.
- US Department
of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Draft Safe Harbor Principles .Washington
DC: DOC, March 2000.
- US Department
of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Draft Safe Harbor Principles .Washington
DC: DOC, June 9,2000.
- Wu,
Richard. “Electronic
Transactions Ordinance — Building a Legal Framework for E-Commerce
in Hong Kong.” The Journal of Information, Law and Technology,
(University of Warwick), 2000 (1), February 29, 2000. To read the
Ordinance discussed in this article, click here.
This article is available in both HTML and Word formats.
- XNS
Public Trust Organization. XNS Permission Filtering: Canning Spam for Good.
WA: XNS, [2000].
1999
-
- Department
of Trade and Industry. Promoting Electronic Commerce: Consultation on Draft
Legislation and the Government's Response to the Trade and Industry
Committee's Report. Prepared for Parliament by the Secretary
of State for Trade and Industry. London: DTI, July 1999.
- _____.
Summary of Responses to "Promoting Electronic
Commerce." London: DTI, October 1999.
- Ernst
& Young LLP. An Enhanced Verification Program for Online Privacy.
Prepared for TRUSTe. Washington DC: TRUSTe, March 1999.
- Global
Business Dialogue for Electronic Commerce. Protection of Personal Data. Issue Group Policy
Paper Final Draft. GBD, June 1999.
- Progressive
Policy Institute. Jump-Starting the Digital Economy (with Department
of Motor Vehicles Issued Digital Certificates). Prepared
by Marc Strassman and Robert D. Atkinson. Washington DC: PPI, June
1999.
- Registratiekamer.
Direct Marketing and Personal Customer Data (English
Summary). The Hague: Registratiekamer, 1999. Click here for the full text of this document in Dutch.
- Saskatchewan
Health. An
Overview of the Health Information Protection Act. Regina,
Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Health, July 1999. Please note that this
is a PDF document. Also of interest is the
Act discussed
which is also a PDF document.
- US Department
of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs). Revised Discussion
Draft. Washington DC: DOC, November 1999.
- US Department
of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs). Discussion Draft.
Washington DC: DOC, April 1999.
- US Department
of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Draft Safe
Harbor Principles. Discussion Draft. Washington
DC: DOC, November 1999.
- US Department
of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Safe Harbor
Principles. Discussion Draft. Washington DC:DOC,
April 1999.
- US Department
of Justice, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Electronic
Commerce Working Group. "Justice Department Comments to the Federal Trade Commission
on Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace."
Washington DC: DOJ, March 1999.
- Zero
Knowledge Systems. EU and
the US: The Efficacy of Data Protection Legislation and the Anonymous
Alternative. Prepared by Gus Hosein, Policy
Counsel. Ontario: ZKS, April 1999.
1998
- Department
of State Development, Multimedia Victoria. Information
Privacy in Victoria: Data Protection Bill.
Discussion Paper. Melbourne, Victoria: MMV, June 1998.
- European
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email. Opt In Manifesto. EuroCAUCE, [1998].
- Forum
for Responsible and Ethical E-mail. Information for Marketers: How to Safely and Ethically
Market on the Internet. FREE, [1998].
- _____.
Spam Primer. FREE, [1998].
- Industry
Canada, Electronic Commerce Taskforce. The Protection of Personal Information -- Building
Canada's Information Economy and Society. Ottawa: IC, January
1998.
- Industry
Canada, Electronic Commerce Taskforce. The Protection of Personal Information -- Building
Canada's Information Economy and Society: Summary Report of the Responses
to the Discussion Paper. Summary by Suzanne Andrew and Murray
Long. Ottawa: IC, June 1998.
- International
Chamber of Commerce, Working Group on Privacy. ICC Guidelines
on Transborder Data Flows and Internet Privacy.
Discussion Draft. New York: ICC, February 1998.
- Japan-U.S.
Business Council and U.S.-Japan Business Council. Joint Statement on Electronic Commerce.
Washington DC: U.S.-Japan Council, May 1998.
- US Department
of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Safe Harbor
Principles. Discussion Draft. Washington DC:
DOC, November 1998.
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