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Law Librarians of New England

a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries

CyberCites
Privacy Law

Federal Trade Commission Privacy Initiatives
http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/index.html

The Federal Trade Commission has established several Privacy Initiatives to combat the ease with which sensitive information can be shared illicitly, as an arm of their consumer protection mission. This web site deals specifically with the enforcement of privacy promises, financial privacy, credit reporting, and children’s privacy. Statements from the Federal Trade Commissioners, statutes, and legal analysis is available, as well as links to related topics such as the National Do Not Call Registry, protection from unwanted commercial email, and identity theft.

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/index.html

EPIC, a public interest research center focusing on civil liberties issues and protecting privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values, uses this web page to educate the public on its issues of interest. Full-text documents including newsletters, reports, and monographs on “civil liberties in the information age” are available. Additional information includes federal bill tracking information on privacy, speech, and “cyber-liberties” legislation; links to privacy tools such as anonymous browsers and re-mailers, firewalls, and encryption software; and analysis of policy issues such as free speech, open government, aspects of privacy, and voting.

Privacy Exchange
http://www.privacyexchange.org/

International in scope, the Center for Social and Legal Research’s Privacy Exchange is an “online global resource for consumer privacy and data protection.” It makes available privacy laws, regulations, guidelines, and court decisions produced by various countries and international organizations; examples of privacy policies used by businesses and organizations in many industries; analysis of international privacy issues; and resources for further study.

Surveillance Laws
http://www.tscm.com/Surveill_Laws.html

Maintained by the Granite Island Group, a private Technical Surveillance Counter Measures firm, this page provides the full text of several documents pertaining to the use of electronic surveillance in the United States Code. Included are several sections of the United States Code, from Titles 18 (Crimes and Criminal Procedure) and Title 50 (War and National Defense), as well as an Executive Order governing “United States Intelligence Activities.”