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Volume 10.03 February 12, 2003
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Published by the
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Washington, D.C.
http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_10.03.html
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Table of Contents
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[1] ABA Urges Oversight for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
[2] EPIC Files FOIA Brief; Appeals Court Rules for Internet Free Speech
[3] Pentagon Spy Program Limited; PATRIOT II Draft Obtained
[4] INS Proposed Rule on Monitoring Travelers Draws Criticism
[5] Report on Public Access to Congressional Research Service Products
[6] EPIC Bill-Track: New Bills in Congress
[7] EPIC Bookstore: Information Privacy Law
[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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[1] ABA Urges Oversight for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
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The 400,000 member American Bar Association (ABA) has adopted a
resolution calling on Congress to conduct oversight of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to ensure that government
investigations do not violate Constitutional protections. The ABA
also urged Congress to require annual reports for FISA investigations,
comparable to those required by the federal wiretap act. The ABA
action follows a controversial decision by the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court of Review and ongoing concern about the expanded
use of the special investigative authority created by the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The February 10 resolution urges Congress to ensure, through
appropriate legislation, regular and timely oversight, and expanded
reporting requirements, that the FISA is used only when the government
has a significant foreign intelligence purpose -- as required by the
USA PATRIOT Act -- and not to circumvent the stricter Fourth Amendment
warrant requirements applicable to ordinary searches and surveillances.
The ABA Resolution stated:
RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the
Congress to conduct regular and timely oversight,
including public hearings (except when Congress
determines that the requirements of national security
make open proceedings inappropriate), to ensure that
government investigations undertaken pursuant to the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 50 U.S.C. 1801
et seq. ("FISA" or "the Act") do not violate the First,
Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution and
adhere to the Act's purposes of accommodating and
advancing both the government's interest in pursuing
legitimate intelligence activity and the individual's
interest in being free from improper government
intrusion.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association
urges the Congress to consider amendments to the Act to
(1) Clarify that the procedures adopted by the
Attorney General to protect United States persons, as
required by the Act, should ensure that FISA is used
when the government has a significant (i.e. not
insubstantial) foreign intelligence purpose, as
contemplated by the Act, and not to circumvent the
Fourth Amendment; and
(2) Make available to the public an annual
statistical report on FISA investigations, comparable
to the reports prepared by the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec.
2519, regarding the use of Federal wiretap authority.
The resolution, which now becomes the official policy of the ABA, was
adopted with the support of 87 percent of the House of Delegates.
Mark D. Agrast, Chair of the ABA's Section of Individual Rights and
Responsibilities, said that "the ABA House of Delegates has voted
overwhelmingly to require the government to abide by the limitations
that Congress has placed on the use of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act."
The Individual Rights and Responsibilities section initiated the FISA
resolution, which was co-sponsored by the sections on Litigation,
Criminal Justice, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice,
International Law and Practice, Science and Technology Law, and the
Young Lawyers Division.
"Following the enactment of the PATRIOT Act, some government officials
asserted that FISA could be used as long as the government could show
that it has a 'measurable' foreign intelligence purpose," said Agrast.
"The resolution makes clear that any such standard misses the mark.
If the asserted purpose is genuinely significant, as Congress has
required, the courts shouldn't need a Geiger counter to detect it."
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of EPIC and Chair of the ABA
Committee on Privacy and Information Protection, said that the ABA has
continued an important tradition. "The legal profession must continue
to defend the rights established by the Constitution even at times of
national concern. Nowhere is the threat more urgent than in the
expanded surveillance authority that the government has sought since
September 11."
EPIC has pursued oversight of electronic surveillance authority since
its founding and participated in the recent challenge to the use of
FISA authority heard by the Foreign Intelligence Court of Review.
American Bar Association, Section on Individual Rights and
Responsibilities:
http://www.abanet.org/irr/
ABA FISA Resolution, February 10, 2003:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/fisa/aba_res_021003.html
EPIC's Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/fisa/
EPIC's Federal Wiretap Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/
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[2] EPIC Files FOIA Brief; Appeals Court Rules for Internet Free Speech
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EPIC, along with 16 legal scholars and technical experts, filed an
amicus brief on February 5 in Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
(BATF) v. City of Chicago with the Supreme Court of the United States,
in support of the respondent.
In March 2003, the Supreme Court will review the decision of the BATF
to withhold records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of
individuals' firearm purchases. Chicago sought the records in order
to provide evidence in a separate case challenging the marketing and
distribution of firearms to city residents where possession of most
guns is illegal. BATF claims that the records are exempt under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and that release of the records
would constitute an unreasonable invasion of privacy.
In sum, the Supreme Court is being asked to determine how best to
reconcile competing privacy and open government interests. EPIC's
brief argues that, through the use of technology and encoding
techniques, the government can minimize or eliminate the disclosure of
personally identifiable information before releasing it, thereby
permitting public oversight of government activities while protecting
individual privacy rights. The brief further states that the
enactment of "electronic" FOIA legislation in 1996 constitutes a
congressional recognition that technology can be employed to enhance
open government.
Meanwhile, the importance of Internet free speech was reaffirmed in a
decision released on February 7, when the United States Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the right of a Dallas computer
consultant, Henry Mishkoff, to use the name of a local shopping mall
as the domain name for a Web site (http://www.shopsatwillowbend.com/)
that originally commended the mall, and another Web site
(http://www.taubmansucks.com/) that criticizes the Taubman Company --
the developer of the mall -- and other parties for asserting that
Mishkoff violated Taubman's trademark and demanding that Mishkoff
discontinue his use of http://www.shopsatwillowbend.com/ and transfer
the domain name to Taubman.
According to Paul Levy, an attorney with the Public Citizen Litigation
Group who represented Mishkoff, the Appeals Court decision contains
ringing language about the importance of free speech on the Internet
and the importance of domain names as a way to call attention to
non-confusing and non-commercial websites.
EPIC's amicus brief in BATF v. Chicago is available at:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/chicago/epic_amicus.pdf
More information on the case is available at:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/chicago/
Public Citizen's press release on the Sixth Circuit decision:
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1326
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[3] Pentagon Spy Program Limited; PATRIOT II Draft Obtained
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The House-Senate Conference panel negotiating the omnibus spending
bill has agreed to include substantial limits on Total Information
Awareness (TIA), a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
program. The adopted language specifies that funding for TIA will
terminate unless DARPA submits a detailed report to Congress within 90
days. Additionally, TIA cannot be deployed against US Citizens
without prior Congressional approval. These limits were introduced by
a group of senators led by Ron Wyden (D-OR) as Senate Amendment 59
(see EPIC Alert 10.02).
DARPA has conducted a full-fledged public relations effort to derail
Senate Amendment 59. The agency has conducted briefings on Capitol
Hill on TIA, and has attempted to minimize Admiral John Poindexter's
continuing role in the development of the project. Last week, DARPA
attempted to pacify criticism of TIA by establishing internal and
external advisory boards to review the program for potential civil
liberties violations. The internal board will meet in late February.
It will be staffed by Department of Defense officials and chaired by
Pete Aldridge, an Undersecretary for Defense. The external board is
chaired by Professor Newton Minnow, and its members include Zoe Baird,
Floyd Abrams, Griffin Bell, Lloyd Cutler, William Coleman, and Gerhard
Casper. The external board will be subject to the open government
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
In related news, the Center for Public Integrity obtained an apparent
draft of "PATRIOT II" legislation late last week. The draft, dated
January 9, 2003, contains an analysis and the proposed text of the
"Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003." This draft legislation
continues the Justice Department's trend of increasing executive
government police power while either limiting or eliminating
congressional or judicial oversight. If enacted in its current form,
the legislation would:
* create a DNA database of suspected terrorists;
* establish a new penalty for the use of encryption to mask
information relating to a felony;
* allow police access to credit reports with no judicial
oversight;
* immunize businesses from liability if they hand over
customer data to law enforcement based upon a "reasonable
belief that the information may assist" in a terrorism
investigation; and
* exempt more government information from the Freedom of
Information Act.
Senate Amendment 59:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia/sa59.html
H. J. Res. 2, Omnibus Appropriations Bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HJ00002:
EPIC's Total Information Awareness Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia/
Center for Public Integrity's Report on PATRIOT II:
http://www.epic.org/redirect/integrity.html
EPIC Mirror of PATRIOT II Draft (PDF, 12MB):
http://www.privacy.org/patriot2draft.pdf
HTML Copy of PATRIOT II Draft:
http://www.dailyrotten.com/source-docs/patriot2draft.html
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[4] INS Proposed Rule on Monitoring Travelers Draws Criticism
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The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) proposed rule to
collect passenger manifest data on travelers has drawn criticism from
EPIC and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade
association that represents over 270 air carriers. EPIC's comments on
the rule argue that the INS has failed to comply with the applicable
statutory requirements, and that it should reissue its notice after
complying with the Privacy Act. When an agency seeks to create and
maintain a "system of records," as the INS does in this case, the
Privacy Act imposes certain requirements that must be met. These
requirements include collection limitation; adequate notice of whether
the response is voluntary or mandatory, the principal purposes and
routine uses of the information, and the effects of refusal to provide
it; procedures for data disposal and sharing; and opportunities for
access and correction. The Privacy Act also requires information to
be collected, to the extent that it is possible, directly from the
subject rather than through a third-party intermediary.
EPIC's comments also suggested that the INS might be implicating the
constitutional right to freedom of movement, but that without further
information required under the Privacy Act it is difficult to assess
the full impact of the proposal. The Supreme Court has held that the
right to travel is "not mere conditional liberty subject to regulation
and control...," but "a virtually unconditional personal right." The
Court has also held that "[t]ravel abroad, like travel within the
country, may be necessary for a livelihood. It may be as close to the
heart of the individual as the choice of what he eats, or wears, or
reads. Freedom of movement is basic to our scheme of values." To the
extent that the proposed collection of personally identifiable
information would enhance the government's ability to track the
movements and associations of United States persons, it would clearly
implicate individuals' right to travel internationally and to
associate anonymously.
The IATA comments focused on the increased burden these proposed rules
would create for airlines because they will be responsible for
collecting the data elements from the individuals, and will need to
give the US government access to the information. The IATA notes that
the European Commission and several individual European governments
have raised significant questions related to the legality of carriers
operating from European airports actually participating in the
advanced passenger information program. The comments state that if
the "data was given directly by the individual . . . the issue of data
protection and/or privacy would be circumvented." The IATA has called
upon the US government to enter into direct discussions with other
countries and intergovernmental organizations to focus upon finding
solutions to data protection concerns, including in particular the
provision that gives US government access to airline computer systems.
The IATA comments state that this has become a political issue that
can be resolved only by the governments themselves, and that the IATA
does not want any international air carriers to violate the laws of
another country as a condition of serving the US market.
The IATA also commented on the unfeasibility of using the Passenger
Name Record (PNR) number as a unique passenger identification number.
The comments note, "No carrier can create a number that is unique to
an arriving passenger, and then ensure that this same unique
identifier will apply to that passenger upon departure via its own or
another carrier's services. Accordingly, we ask the Service to
reconsider this requirement and the uses for which it was originally
intended." The IATA has also previously commented on the
international data protection implications of providing the US
government with access to airline PNR records.
To date, the INS has not made any public response to either the
comments filed by EPIC or the IATA.
EPIC Passenger Manifest Comments:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/airtravel/ins_manifest_comments.pdf
IATA Passenger Manifest Comments:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/airtravel/iata_pnr_access1.pdf
http://www.epic.org/privacy/airtravel/iata_ins_pax_manifest.pdf
EPIC's Air Travel Privacy page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/airtravel/
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[5] Report on Public Access to Congressional Research Service Products
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The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) recently released a report
titled "Congressional Research Service Products: Taxpayers Should Have
Easy Access."
According to the report, CRS -- the public policy research arm of the
United States Congress -- does not readily make available many of its
products to the public, such as "Reports to Congress," "Issue Briefs,"
and "Authorization and Appropriations Reports;" instead, private
organizations such as Lexis and Westlaw have profited from selling
some of these resources. A few government and educational resources
can gain access through affiliated lobbyists, and they have made some
CRS information available on their Web sites, but not a significant
enough amount to foster truly effective searches. Further, the public
is also restricted from accessing the CRS Web site and the Legislative
Information System (LIS) Web site, which contain much more information
than the Library of Congress' public Web site, "THOMAS." The report
recommends that CRS products should be made readily available to the
general public, especially in light of the fact that similar
legislative agencies such as the General Accounting Office and the
Congressional Budget Office have made a habit of ensuring that their
resources are publicly available.
The release of this report coincided with a Senate hearing on the
introduction of a resolution intended to make many Congressional
Research Service (CRS) products and other public records available on
the Internet. There is currently bipartisan support for this
resolution in the Senate.
POGO Report, "Congressional Research Service Products: Taxpayers
Should Have Easy Access":
http://www.pogo.org/p/government/go-030201-crs.html
POGO Web site:
http://www.pogo.org/
EPIC's Open Government Page:
http://www.epic.org/open_gov/
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[6] EPIC Bill-Track: New Bills in Congress
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*House*
H.R.338 Defense of Privacy Act: To amend title 5, United States Code,
to require that agencies, in promulgating rules, take into
consideration the impact of such rules on the privacy of individuals,
and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Chabot, Steve (R-OH). Committees:
House Judiciary. Latest Major Action: 1/27/2003 Referred to House
committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.395 Do-Not-Call Implementation Act: To authorize the Federal Trade
Commission to collect fees for the implementation and enforcement of a
"do-not-call" registry, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Tauzin,
W. J. (Billy) (R-LA). Committees: House Energy and Commerce. Latest
Major Action: 1/29/2003 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status:
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
H.R.439 Domestic Consumer Safety Act of 2003: To create a system of
background checks for certain workers who enter people's homes, and
for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Andrews, Robert E. (D-NJ).
Committees: House Energy and Commerce. Latest Major Action: 1/29/2003
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee
on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.502 To require identification that may be used in obtaining
Federal public benefits to meet restrictions ensuring that it is
secure and verifiable. Sponsor: Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. (R-CO).
Committees: House Government Reform; House Judiciary; House
Administration. Latest Major Action: 1/29/2003 Referred to House
committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and
in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and House
Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.526: To direct certain Federal agencies to issue rules that
coordinate with the establishment by the Federal Trade Commission of a
list of telephone numbers of consumers who do not want to receive
telephone calls for telemarketing purposes. Sponsor: Rep Johnson,
Nancy L. (R-CT). Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House
Financial Services; House Agriculture. Latest Major Action: 2/4/2003
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial
Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.537: To authorize the grant program for elimination of the
nationwide backlog in analyses of DNA samples at the level necessary
to completely eliminate the backlog and obtain a DNA sample from every
person convicted of a qualifying offense. Sponsor: Rep Andrews, Robert
E. (D-NJ). Committees: House Judiciary. Latest Major Action: 2/5/2003
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee
on the Judiciary.
H.R.538: To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to establish a
parent-child privilege. Sponsor: Rep Andrews, Robert E. (D-NJ).
Committees: House Judiciary. Latest Major Action: 2/5/2003 Referred to
House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the
Judiciary.
H.R.581: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that
certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the
interception of communications, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep
Johnson, Nancy L. (R-CT). Committees: House Judiciary. Latest Major
Action: 2/5/2003 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the
House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.637 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse
of Social Security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such
misuse, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Sweeney, John E. (R-NY).
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means. Latest Major
Action: 2/5/2003 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
*Senate*
S.188 Data-Mining Moratorium Act of 2003: A bill to impose a
moratorium on the implementation of datamining under the Total
Information Awareness program of the Department of Defense and any
similar program of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other
purposes. Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. (R-WI). Committees: Senate
Judiciary. Latest Major Action: 1/16/2003 Referred to Senate
committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
S.223 Identity Theft Prevention Act: A bill to prevent identity theft,
and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA).
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Latest Major
Action: 1/28/2003 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
S.226 Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003: A bill to prohibit
an individual from knowingly opening, maintaining, managing,
controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting
from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or
using any controlled substance, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen
Biden Jr., Joseph R. (D-DE). Committees: Senate Judiciary. Latest
Major Action: 1/28/2003 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.228 Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act: A bill to amend
title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of social security
numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, and for
other purposes. Sen Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA). Latest Major Action:
1/29/2003 Senate preparation for floor. Status: Read the second time.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar
No. 5.
S.335 Family Dinnertime Protection Act of 2003: A bill to expand the
calling time restrictions on telemarketing telephone calls to include
the period from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Johnson, Tim (D-SD). Committees: Senate Commerce,
Science, and Transportation. Latest Major Action: 2/10/2003 Referred
to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EPIC Bill Track: Tracking Privacy, Speech, and Cyber-Liberties Bills
in the 108th Congress, is available at:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/bill_track.html
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[7] EPIC Bookstore: Information Privacy Law
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Information Privacy Law, by Daniel J. Solove and Marc Rotenberg (Aspen
Publishers 2003). ISBN: 0735533822, 823 pages, $62.00
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/privacycasebook/
"Now this rapidly evolving area of law finally has the text it
deserves. Written by two of the field's leading figures, this book's
readings and cases cover the full range of privacy issues, from
Megan's Law to employee monitoring to genetic privacy. It also
includes the first extensive coverage of several important topics,
especially in such key areas as medical privacy and international law.
"Information Privacy Law includes insightful analysis of all the major
cases including Bartnicki v. Vopper, Watchtower Bible v. Village of
Stratton, United States v. Kyllo, McVeigh v. Cohen, United States v.
Kennedy, Doe v. 2TheMart, United States v. Simons, and others.
"Information Privacy Law also includes explanations of key statutes
and regulations such as the Freedom of Information Act, Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act, European Union Data Protection
Directive, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and more."
- Aspen Publishers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
A. Privacy and its Legal Protection
B. Privacy Law: Origins and Roots
C. Philosophical Perspectives
D. Protecting Privacy: Technology and Policy
2. Privacy and the Media
A. The Recognition of Warren and Brandeis's Privacy Torts
B. Information Gathering
C. Disclosure of Truthful Information
D. Dissemination of False or Misleading Information
E. Appropriation of Name or Likeness
3. Health and Genetic Privacy
A. Medical Information
B. Physician/Psychotherapist-Patient Confidentiality
C. Genetic Information
4. Privacy and Law Enforcement
A. The Fourth Amendment and Emerging Technology
B. Federal Wiretap Law
C. Encryption
D. Government Computer Searches
E. Records of Innocent Parties
F. Police Records
5. Privacy of Associations, Anonymity, and Identification
A. Privacy of Group Associations
B. Anonymity
C. Identification
6. Privacy, Records, and Computer Databases
A. Public Sector Records and Computer Databases
B. Private Sector Records and Computer Databases
7. Privacy and Place
A. Privacy at Home
B. Privacy at School
C. Privacy at Work
8. International Privacy
A. The Protection of Privacy in Europe
B. Data Protection Frameworks
C. International Transfers of Data
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EPIC Publications:
"The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2002: United States Law, International
Law, and Recent Developments," Marc Rotenberg, editor (EPIC 2002).
Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pls2002/
The "Physicians Desk Reference of the privacy world." An invaluable
resource for students, attorneys, researchers and journalists who need
an up-to-date collection of U.S. and International privacy law, as
well as a comprehensive listing of privacy resources.
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"FOIA 2002: Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws," Harry
Hammitt, David Sobel and Mark Zaid, editors (EPIC 2002). Price: $40.
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/foia2002/
This is the standard reference work covering all aspects of the
Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, the Government in the
Sunshine Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 21st
edition fully updates the manual that lawyers, journalists and
researchers have relied on for more than 25 years. For those who
litigate open government cases (or need to learn how to litigate
them), this is an essential reference manual.
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"Privacy & Human Rights 2002: An International Survey of Privacy Laws
and Developments" (EPIC 2002). Price: $25.
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/phr2002/
This survey, by EPIC and Privacy International, reviews the state of
privacy in over fifty countries around the world. The survey examines
a wide range of privacy issues including data protection, telephone
tapping, genetic databases, video surveillance, location tracking, ID
systems and freedom of information laws.
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"Filters and Freedom 2.0: Free Speech Perspectives on Internet Content
Controls" (EPIC 2001). Price: $20.
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/filters2.0/
A collection of essays, studies, and critiques of Internet content
filtering. These papers are instrumental in explaining why filtering
threatens free expression.
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"The Consumer Law Sourcebook 2000: Electronic Commerce and the Global
Economy," Sarah Andrews, editor (EPIC 2000). Price: $40.
http://www.epic.org/cls/
The Consumer Law Sourcebook provides a basic set of materials for
consumers, policy makers, practitioners and researchers who are
interested in the emerging field of electronic commerce. The focus is
on framework legislation that articulates basic rights for consumers
and the basic responsibilities for businesses in the online economy.
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"Cryptography and Liberty 2000: An International Survey of Encryption
Policy," Wayne Madsen and David Banisar, authors (EPIC 2000). Price:
$20. http://www.epic.org/crypto&/
EPIC's third survey of encryption policies around the world. The
results indicate that the efforts to reduce export controls on strong
encryption products have largely succeeded, although several
governments are gaining new powers to combat the perceived threats of
encryption to law enforcement.
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EPIC publications and other books on privacy, open government, free
expression, crypto and governance can be ordered at:
EPIC Bookstore
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/
"EPIC Bookshelf" at Powell's Books
http://www.powells.com/features/epic/epic.html
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[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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** Uniting Privacy and the First Amendment in the 21st Century **
May 9-10, 2003
Oakland, CA
EPIC, the First Amendment Project, and the California Office of
Privacy Protection are sponsoring this activist symposium designed to
explore the interplay between privacy and First Amendment rights, with
the goal of developing strategies for optimizing both.
If you are interested in making a presentation or leading a Working
Group, please submit a letter outlining your proposed presentation and
including a brief explanation of the issue to be addressed, a list of
possible presenters, and the desired outcome of the session to:
<dgreene@thefirstamendment.org>
For more information: http://www.epic.org/events/unitingsymposium/
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Call for Proposals: February 15, 2003. O'Reilly Open Source
Convention. July 7-11, 2003. Portland, OR. For more information:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
Third Annual Privacy & Data Security Summit: Implementing & Managing
Privacy in a Complex Environment. International Association of Privacy
Professionals. February 26-28, 2003. Washington, DC. For more
information: http://www.privacyassociation.org/html/conferences.html
Quality Labels for Web Sites: Alternative Approaches to Content Rating.
Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), Oxford
University. February 27, 2003. Kirchberg, Luxembourg. For more
information: http://saferinternet.org/news/Quality-label-workshop.asp
The Law and Technology of DRM: What will DRM technologies mean for the
future of information? University of California, Berkeley, School of
Information Management and Systems and Boalt Hall School of Law.
February 27 - March 1, 2003. Berkeley, CA. For more information:
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/drm/
Legal and Pedagogical Aspects of a Safer Internet. Safer Internet For
Knowing and Living (SIFKaL). February 28, 2003. Kirchberg, Luxembourg.
For more information: http://rechtsinformatik.jura.uni-sb.de/sifkal/
Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons? Stanford Law School Center for
Internet and Society. March 1, 2003. For more information:
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/spectrum/
Identity Theft: Current Enforcement and Prevention Efforts. New York
City Bar Association, Committee on Consumer Affairs. March 12, 2003.
New York, NY. For more information: <jgreenbaum@fkkslaw.com>
P&AB's Privacy Practitioners' Workshop and Ninth Annual National
Conference. Privacy & American Business. March 12-14, 2003.
Washington, DC. For more information:
http://www.pandab.org/postcard.pdf
Big Brother Technologies. A Choices and Challenges Forum. Center for
Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University. March 27, 2003. Blacksburg, VA. For more information:
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/choices/2003/
CFP2003: 13th Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). April 1-4, 2003. New York,
NY. For more information: http://www.cfp2003.org/
28th Annual AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy. American
Association for the Advancement of Science. April 10-11, 2003.
Washington, DC. For more information:
http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/colloqu.htm
Integrating Government With New Technologies '03: E-Government, Change
and Information Democracy. Riley Information Services. April 11, 2003.
Ottawa, Canada. For more information: http://www.rileyis.com/seminars/
RSA Conference 2003. RSA Security. April 13-17, 2003. San Francisco,
CA. For more information: http://www.rsaconference.com/
Building the Information Commonwealth: Information Technologies and
Prospects for Development of Civil Society Institutions in the
Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Interparliamentary Assembly of the Member States of the Commonwealth
of Independent States (IPA). April 22-24, 2003. St. Petersburg,
Russia. For more information: http://www.communities.org.ru/conference/
O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. April 22-25, 2003. Santa
Clara, CA. For more information: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
Mid Canada Information Security Conference. Information Protection
Association of Manitoba. April 30, 2003. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
For more information: http://www.ipam.mb.ca/mcisc/
Privacy2003. Technology Policy Group. September 30 - October 2, 2003.
Columbus, OH. For more information:
http://www.privacy2000.org/privacy2003/
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