EPIC Alert 17.02
======================================================================= E P I C A l e r t ======================================================================= Volume 17.02 January 29, 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Washington, D.C. http://www.epic.org/alert/epic_alert_1702.html "Defend Privacy. Support EPIC." http://epic.org/donate ======================================================================= Table of Contents ======================================================================= [1] EPIC Hosts 15th Annual Privacy Coalition Meeting [2] Worldwide Celebration of International Privacy Day 2010 [3] Experts Urge U.S. to Ratify Privacy Convention [4] European Union Rejects U.S. Demands on Body Scanners [5] EPIC Continues to Fight for the Privacy Rights of Facebook Users [6] News in Brief [7] EPIC Bookstore: "Privacy in Context" [8] Upcoming Conferences and Events TAKE ACTION: Stop Airport Strip Searches! - JOIN Facebook Group "Stop Airport Strip Searches" and INVITE Friends to JOIN - DISPLAY the IMAGE http://thepublicvoice.org/nakedmachine.jpg - SUPPORT EPIC http://www.epic.org/donate/ ======================================================================= [1] EPIC Hosts 15th Annual Privacy Coalition Meeting ======================================================================= The annual meeting of the Privacy Coalition held in Washington DC on January 21-23, 2010 hosted discussions among activists, policy makers, government decision makers, and federal chief privacy officials. Congressman Bennie G. Thompson served as the Keynote speaker at the dinner held on Thursday evening. At the event Beth Givens, founder and director of Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, was presented with the EPIC's U.S. Privacy Champion Award for 2010. The meeting was an opportunity for members of the Privacy Coalition, Federal Chief Privacy Officers, and academics to review the previous year's most challenging privacy, consumer protection, and civil liberties issues. The gathering provided the rare opportunity for coalition members to be physically in the same location for in-depth review of each priorities and to make their best case for the coalition to sponsor efforts related to their privacy related projects. The day-long meeting held on Friday, January 22, included panel participation by Federal Privacy and Civil Liberties Officers, which author Bruce Schneier moderated. There was a panel on Privacy Implications of Biometric Identification Systems, Moderated by Professor Anita Allen. Following the government privacy panel, Chip Pitts, President of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, moderated a discussion on Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights with advocate organizations. In the afternoon, the topics turned to consumer privacy issues, beginning with a lunch discussion on the cutting-edge privacy issue of Smart Grid. Following lunch, Privacy Times founder, Evan Hendricks, moderated a discussion among consumer advocates on their list of top issues for 2010. Later that afternoon, privacy expert, Chris Wolf, led moderated a discussion on Legislative Staff and Agency Led Discussion with a panel of legislative experts. A few of the advocacy groups participating in the meeting included EPIC, Consumer Federation of American, Consumer Watch Dog, Consumer Action, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, PrivacyActivism, ACLU, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, US Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Liberty Coalition, the Brennan Center, The American Bar Association, CyLab Carnegie Mellon University, and the American Association of Law Libraries. Federal agency and Hill Committee Staff participation featured panelist from the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Justice, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Bureau of the Census, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communication Commission, House Committee on Homeland Security, and Congressman Ed Markey's (Co-Chair of the House Privacy Caucus) Staff. The meeting closed on Saturday following a strategy session on the top issues the coalition will work on for 2010. Privacy Coalition http://privacycoalition.org Agenda http://epic.org/events/Jan_23_Priv_Coal_Agenda.pdf Participants http://epic.org/events/Jan_23_Priv_Coal_Participants.pdf ======================================================================= [2] Worldwide Celebration of International Privacy Day 2010 ======================================================================= January 28 is International Privacy Day, celebrating the day that the first international convention on privacy was signed. The Council of Europe and the European Commission initiated this commemoration in 2007. This year marks its fourth edition, and a wide variety of activities are being held in cities around the world to underscore the importance of privacy protections. In Europe its aim is to give "European citizens an opportunity to understand what kind of data about them is collected and processed, why this is done, and what rights they have in respect of such processing. It is also an opportunity for them to become more aware of the inherent risks associated with the unlawful use or clandestine processing of their personal data," as noted by the Council of Europe. A Pecha Kucha night to honor Data Protection day is being held in Brussels. The Pecha Kucha, which is Japanese for the sound of conversation(bla bla or chit-chat), is a series of show-and-tell presentations by artists, designers and advocates. EPIC Executive Director, Marc Rotenberg will presenta typical Pecha Kucha series of 20 images x 20 seconds each on the "Invasion of the Body Scanners." In the United States, Governors in North Carolina, Arkansas, Washington, Maryland, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin have declared Data Privacy Day on January 28, and several events will be held in different cities in the U.S. and Canada. In Berkeley, the Federal Trade Commission is hosting a series of roundtable discussions on January 28 to explore the privacy challenges posed by the vast array of 21st century technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. Lillie Coney, EPIC Associate Director, will present the Privacy implications of social networks. This year, Mexico joins the celebration for the second time. The Federal Institute for Access to Public Information and the House of Representatives are organizing the seminar "Constitutional amendments to data protection: Challenges and legal views". The event seeks to promote the discussion of an enforceable data protection law for Mexico. Katitza Rodriguez, EPIC International Privacy Project Director, will present the comparative international legal aspects of privacy and data protection. For Civil Society Groups the key objective on January 28 is to motivate people to action - not just by checking their privacy settings, shredding old bank statements or installing a browser extension, but by raising awareness about why meaningful regulation of privacy and enforcement of privacy rights is key for the protection of the ability to control personal data. For instance, the supporters of the Madrid are urging countries: "that have not ratified Council of Europe Convention 108 together with the Protocol of 2001 to do so as expeditiously as possible;" "that have not yet established a comprehensive framework for privacy protection and an independent data protection authority to do so as expeditiously as possible;" "that have established legal frameworks for privacy protection to ensure effective implementation and enforcement, and to cooperate at the international and regional level." On International Privacy Day, EPIC will honor eminent Australian Jurist Michael Kirby for his role in the development of the OECD Privacy Guidelines of 1980. EPIC describes the Honorable Kirby as "The father of the OECD Privacy Guidelines." Previous recipients of the EPIC International Privacy Champion Award include Italian jurist Professor Stefano Rodota. EPIC, Council of Europe Privacy Convention http://epic.org/privacy/intl/coeconvention/ Council of Europe Privacy Convention http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/108.htm Council of Europe Data Protection Day http://www.epic.org/redirect/012810councilofeurope.html International Privacy Day Campaign (with activities) http://www.epic.org/redirect/012810intlprivacyday.html The annual Conference Computers, Privacy and Data Protection http://www.cpdpconferences.org/index.html PechaKucha Night http://pechakucha.architempo.net/ Data Privacy Day is January 28, 2010 http://dataprivacyday2010.org/ FTC Roundtable: Exploring Privacy http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/privacyroundtables/ Madrid Privacy Declaration http://www.thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration Think Privacy http://www.dataprotectionday.eu/ EPIC, "Privacy and Human Rights" http://epic.org/phr06/ ======================================================================= [3] Experts Urge U.S. to Ratify Privacy Convention ======================================================================= Twenty-nine experts in privacy and technology have sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to urge that the United States begin the process of ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Privacy. More than forty countries have ratified the Convention, which was opened for signature on January 28, 1981. The convention, which has been adopted by both members and non-members of the Council of Europe, aims to ensure that the rights of the individual would be protected even as governments and private organizations took advantage of new systems of automation. Accordingly, the letter states that "Just as communications networks can be used for good and ill, so too can computer technology." That outlook is reflected in Secretary Clinton's recent remarks on Internet Freedom, in which she stated that "Just as steel can be used to build hospitals or machine guns, or nuclear power can either energize a city or destroy it, modern information networks and the technologies they support can be harnessed for good or for ill." Secretary Clinton also stressed the importance of freedom of expression and privacy protection as fundamental rights in the digital age and noted the ongoing importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The letter also calls attention to the Madrid Declaration, in which civil society groups have urged countries that have not yet ratified the Council of Europe Convention to do so as soon as possible. The signatories state, "privacy is a fundamental human right. In the 21st century, it may become one of the most critical human rights of all." Council of Europe, Convention on Privacy http://www.epic.org/redirect/012810councilofeuropeconv.html Secretary Clinton's Remarks http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/01/135519.htm Madrid Declaration Website http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ ======================================================================= [4] European Union Rejects U.S. Demands on Body Scanners ======================================================================= EU President Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba announced on January 21, 2010 that European countries would not rush to install body scanners as the United States has urged. He said that studies must be conducted to determine whether the devices "are effective, do not harm health, and do not violate privacy." The European position in the current dispute is strengthened by the recent adoption of the Lisbon Treaty and the entry into force of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The European countries have agreed that they will adopt a unified position on the body scanner proposal. Spain, which is the current European Union president and therefore sets the agenda for the EU, is calling for a unified position in order to avoid inconsistent screening practices. Importantly, many senior officials in the European Commission have indicated opposition to the scanners. The incoming justice commissioner of the European Commission, Viviane Reding, stated that "Europe's need for security cannot justify an invasion of privacy. Our citizens are not objects: they are human beings." Similarly, Germany will not install the scanners because privacy concerns have not been addressed. France will only equip certain airports with scanners. British Conservative member of parliament, who used to work for QinetiQ, a scanning technology firm, has stated that scanners would probably not have detected the explosives reportedly strapped to Abdulmutallab's leg. "In all the testing that we undertook, it was unlikely that it would have picked up the current explosive devices being used by Al Qaeda," Ben Wallace said of the scanners. Website for EU President Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba http://www.eu2010.es/en/index.html Lisbon Treaty http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/index_en.htm Charter of Fundamental Rights http://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/default_en.htm EPIC: Whole Body Imaging http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/ ======================================================================= [5] EPIC Continues to Fight for the Privacy Rights of Facebook Users ======================================================================= The FTC has sent a letter to EPIC regarding the December 2009 complaint, submitted by privacy organizations, about Facebook's recent changes to user privacy settings. The changes were made in response to a complaint by students at the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and the Canadian Privacy Commissioner. In the letter, the Bureau of Consumer Protection Director states that the complaint "raises issues of particular interest" for the FTC. Further, Vladeck stresses the importance of providing "transparency about how this data is being handled, maintained, shared, and protected . . . " The Commission, however, cannot confirm or deny whether an investigation has been launched. The letter came one day before EPIC filed a supplemental complaint regarding Facebook's privacy practices. The new complaint provides additional evidence of Facebook's unfair and deceptive trade practices relating to Facebook CEO's public statements, the most recent version of the Facebook for iPhone application, Facebook Connect, and "web-suicide" applications. Facebook is also being met with opposition regarding a recent settlement involving Facebook Beacon. EPIC and other privacy groups sent a letter to the federal judge overseeing the class-action settlement against Facebook in California, opposing the settlement as unfair and unreasonable. As proposed, the settlement does not provide any benefit for Facebook users whose private data was illegally exposed by Facebook "Beacon." Instead, the deal would create a new "privacy foundation" subject to Facebook's influence. Fair settlements typically provide compensation to class members or a remedy that addresses the underlying harm, which in this case was a violation of federal privacy law. The letter from EPIC proposes alternatives that would enable stronger privacy safeguards for Facebook users in the future. FTC, Letter to EPIC regarding the December 2009 Facebook Complaint http://epic.org/privacy/inrefacebook/Facebook_Vladeck_Letter.pdf CIPPIC, Complaint to Canadian Privacy Commissioner Re:Facebook Privacy http://www.cippic.ca/uploads/CIPPICFacebookComplaint_29May08.pdf EPIC, et al., FTC Complaint, In re Facebook http://www.epic.org/privacy/inrefacebook/EPIC-FacebookComplaint.pdf EPIC, et al., FTC Supplemental Complaint, In re Facebook http://www.epic.org/privacy/inrefacebook/EPIC_Facebook_Supp.pdf EPIC, et al., Letter in Opposition to Facebook Beacon Settlement http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/EPIC_Beacon_Letter.pdf Facebook, Beacon Class Settlement http://www.beaconclasssettlement.com/ EPIC: Facebook Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/ ======================================================================= [6] News in Brief ======================================================================= EPIC Hosts Press Event Regarding Whole Body Imaging Leading privacy law scholars Anita Allen and Jeffrey Rosen, acclaimed author and surveillance authority James Bamford, world renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier, and EPIC President Marc Rotenberg participated in a National Press Club event, on Monday, January 25, 2010. The speakers engaged in a panel discussion on "Body Scanners and Privacy." The event took place as Congress began its second week of hearings to determine whether to deploy full body imaging devices in US airports. EPIC: Whole Body Imaging Technology http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/ Event Materials and Handouts on Whole Body Imaging http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/#handouts EPIC: Events http://epic.org/events/ Inspector General Funds Egregious Breakdown in FBI Oversight The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General has issued a report on the FBI's use of "exigent letters" and other means to obtain telephone records from three unnamed phone companies. The 300-page report concludes that many of the FBI's practices "violated FBI guidelines, Department policy," and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The report also found that "the FBI sought and acquired reporters' telephone toll billing records and calling activity information" through improper means. The report concludes that "the FBI's initial attempts at corrective action were seriously deficient, ill-conceived, and poorly executed" and makes several recommendations for improvement. In a 2007 letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, EPIC recommended that the FBI's National Security Letter authority be repealed. DOJ: Office of the Inspector General http://www.justice.gov/oig/ DOJ, Report on Exigent Letters http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s1001r.pdf EPIC, Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee http://epic.org/privacy/pdf/nsl_letter.pdf EPIC: National Security Letters http://epic.org/privacy/nsl/ EPIC Urges Increased Privacy for "Global Entry" Registered Traveler Program EPIC filed comments with the US Customs and Border Protection, urging the agency to "to revise its establishment of the Global Entry program and to reconsider the privacy and security implications of the program." Customs and Border Protection proposed to make permanent the Global Entry program, under which pre-registered international travelers can bypass conventional security lines by scanning their passports and fingerprints at a kiosk, answering customs declaration questions, and then presenting a receipt to Customs officials. EPIC urged Customs and Border Protection to ensure that Global Entry complied with the Privacy Act and to conduct a separate Privacy Impact Assessment. Those measures are particularly pressing in light of recent problems, including data breaches and bankruptcy, experienced by "Clear," a similar registered traveler program. In 2005, EPIC testified before Congress that the absence of Privacy Act safeguards for registered traveler programs would jeopardize air traveler privacy and security. EPIC, Comments to Customs and Border Protection http://www.epic.org/redirect/012810epiccomments.html U.S. Customs and Border Protection Global Entry Website http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/trusted_traveler/global_entry/ Customs and Border Protection, Press Release http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1258657984894.shtm EPIC: Global Entry http://epic.org/privacy/global_entry/default.html EPIC: Air Travel Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/ EPIC, Congressional Testimony Regarding Registered Traveler http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/rt_test_110305.pdf Microsoft to Delete Search Data After 6 Months In order to comply with European privacy law, Microsoft announced that it will delete user search data, including IP addresses, after six months. In 2008 the Article 29 Working Group, which includes data protection officials across the European Union, met with Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo to discuss their data retention practices. Following a determination that records are subject to European privacy law, the Article 29 Working Group asked the search engine companies to eliminate online user data, including IP addresses and search queries, after six months. Microsoft will redesign its new Bing search engine to comply with the request. It is unclear at this point what Google and Yahoo will do. In early 2008, EPIC urged the European Parliament to protect the privacy of search histories. Microsoft Announcement Regarding Search Data Deletion http://www.epic.org/redirect/012810microsoftannouncement.html Article 29 Working Group Website http://www.epic.org/redirect/012810art29.html Article 29 Working Group Determination http://www.epic.org/redirect/012810art29wkinggrp.html EPIC, Submission to European Parliament http://epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/EPIC_LIBE_Submission.pdf EPIC: Search Engine Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/search_engine/ EPIC Supports Privacy in Cloud Computing and Social Networking Services EPIC submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission prior to the agency's second privacy roundtable. EPIC warned of the ongoing privacy risks associated with cloud computing and social networking privacy, highlighting the Google cloud computing complaint and Facebook privacy complaint filed by EPIC in 2009. The comments note that the Commission has failed to take any meaningful action with respect to either complaint, demonstrating the Commission's "lack of leadership and technical expertise." EPIC's comments also draw attention to the success of international privacy initiatives, in hopes of encouraging the Commission to take meaningful action to protect American consumers. EPIC, Comment to the Federal Trade Commission http://epic.org/privacy/ftc/EPIC_FTC_Comment.pdf Federal Trade Commission Privacy Roundtables Page http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/privacyroundtables/ EPIC, Federal Trade Commission Complaint in In re Google http://epic.org/privacy/cloudcomputing/google/ftc031709.pdf EPIC, Federal Trade Commission Complaint in In re Facebook http://www.epic.org/privacy/inrefacebook/EPIC-FacebookComplaint.pdf EPIC: Cloud Computing http://epic.org/privacy/cloudcomputing/ EPIC: Social Networking Privacy http://epic.org/privacy/socialnet/ Congress Begins Hearings on the "Trouser Bomber" and Intelligence Reform Several Senate committees have opened hearings on airline security and the intelligence failure on December 25. Questions about privacy and civil liberties have been raised frequently by senators. Specifically, senators have asked about the adequacy of privacy safeguards for the body scanners, database profiling, biometric identification, and the status of the President's Civil Liberties and Privacy Oversight Board. According to documents obtained by EPIC through a Freedom of Information Act request, the body scanners ordered by the TSA are designed to store and record images of American air travelers. President's Civil Liberties and Privacy Oversight Board http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34385.pdf EPIC: Biometric Identifiers http://epic.org/privacy/biometrics/ TSA, Procurement Specification for Whole Body Imaging Machines http://epic.org/open_gov/foia/TSA_Procurement_Specs.pdf ======================================================================= [7] EPIC Bookstore: "Privacy in Context" ======================================================================= In Helen Nissenbaum's "Privacy in Context", Nissenbaum seeks to define privacy in terms of contextual integrity. According to Nissenbaum, "privacy is neither a right to secrecy nor a right to control but a right to appropriate flow of personal information." The framework of contextual integrity is described as being made up of social contexts and informational norms that affect personal information flow, such as transmission, communication, and dissemination. Throughout the book, Nissenbaum explains the state of information technology today, why a new framework is needed, and how this contextual integrity framework is applied. Part I begins with a quote by Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis: "instantaneous photographs and newspaper enterprise have invaded the sacred precincts of the private and domestic life; and numerous mechanical devices threaten to make good the prediction that 'what is whispered in the closet shall be proclaimed from the house-tops.'" In the 1890's, photography was the looming privacy threat in America. Today, so much has changed, with more privacy-invasive technologies emerging each year. Nissenbaum sets out to describe these evolving technologies and discuss the privacy risks and harms associated with them, from the more obvious online monitoring to perhaps the less-known radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. She writes of datamining, Google Earth, and social networks - technologies and practices that have recently surfaced, and surely were not anticipated by Warren and Brandeis over a century ago. In Part II, Nissenbaum describes the value of privacy today, and discusses current theoretical frameworks that help to define and understand the value and risks associated with privacy. She breaks up the theories into two categories: theories that "allow morally legitimate privacy claims to range over all information, delineating the extent and boundaries . . . in terms of their capacity to promote other significant moral and political values," and "theories that attribute the moral legitimacy of privacy to privacy's capacity to protect a private zone for humans." In Chapter 6, Nissenbaum describes the shortcomings of these theoretical frameworks, and seeks to propose the contextual integrity framework as a way to fill the gaps left by other approaches. Part III introduces the fundamentals of contextual integrity and applies the framework to help define our modern understanding of privacy. Nissenbaum uses this framework as a model for "understanding and predicting reactions to alterations in information practices." To illustrate this idea and the value of informational norms, Nissenbaum uses real events. For example, she uses the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal to describe how Linda Tripp violated informational norms of friendship by recording intimate phone conversations without permission and transmitting these recordings to third parties. According to Nissenbaum, "that she betrayed a friendship seems to be an irrevocable judgment readily modeled in the framework of contextual integrity." She explains that according to the contextual integrity framework, people are bothered not by the fact that information practices take away control over information or expose secret or private information, but rather that they violate context-relative informational norms. It is these norms that "preserve the integrity of the social contexts in which we live our lives, and they support and promote the ends, purposes, and values around which these contexts are oriented." Nissenbaum concludes that while we do have a moral and political right to privacy, it is not privacy as traditionally understood - controlling one's personal information or having the access to one's information. Rather, it is "a right to live in a world in which our expectations about the flow of personal information are . . . met, . . . [shaped by] a general confidence in the mutual support these flows accord to key organizing principles of social life, including moral and political ones." This framework anticipates the constantly changing attitudes and expectations regarding privacy, along with the constantly evolving technologies that continue to pose new threats to privacy. --Kim Nguyen ================================ EPIC Publications: "Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws 2008," edited by Harry A. Hammitt, Marc Rotenberg, John A. Verdi, and Mark S. Zaid (EPIC 2008). Price: $60. http://epic.org/bookstore/foia2008/ Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws is the most comprehensive, authoritative discussion of the federal open access laws. This updated version includes new material regarding the substantial FOIA amendments enacted on December 31, 2007. Many of the recent amendments are effective as of December 31, 2008. The standard reference work includes in-depth analysis of litigation under Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Government in the Sunshine Act. The fully updated 2008 volume is the 24th edition of the manual that lawyers, journalists and researchers have relied on for more than 25 years. ================================ "Information Privacy Law: Cases and Materials, Second Edition" Daniel J. Solove, Marc Rotenberg, and Paul Schwartz. (Aspen 2005). Price: $98. http://www.epic.org/redirect/aspen_ipl_casebook.html This clear, comprehensive introduction to the field of information privacy law allows instructors to enliven their teaching of fundamental concepts by addressing both enduring and emerging controversies. The Second Edition addresses numerous rapidly developing areas of privacy law, including: identity theft, government data mining and electronic surveillance law, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, intelligence sharing, RFID tags, GPS, spyware, web bugs, and more. Information Privacy Law, Second Edition, builds a cohesive foundation for an exciting course in this rapidly evolving area of law. ================================ "Privacy & Human Rights 2006: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments" (EPIC 2007). Price: $75. http://www.epic.org/phr06/ This annual report by EPIC and Privacy International provides an overview of key privacy topics and reviews the state of privacy in over 75 countries around the world. The report outlines legal protections, new challenges, and important issues and events relating to privacy. Privacy & Human Rights 2006 is the most comprehensive report on privacy and data protection ever published. ================================ "The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook: Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society" (EPIC 2004). Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pvsourcebook This resource promotes a dialogue on the issues, the outcomes, and the process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This reference guide provides the official UN documents, regional and issue-oriented perspectives, and recommendations and proposals for future action, as well as a useful list of resources and contacts for individuals and organizations that wish to become more involved in the WSIS process. ================================ "The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2004: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments," Marc Rotenberg, editor (EPIC 2005). Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pls2004/ The Privacy Law Sourcebook, which has been called the "Physician's Desk Reference" of the privacy world, is the leading resource for students, attorneys, researchers, and journalists interested in pursuing privacy law in the United States and around the world. It includes the full texts of major privacy laws and directives such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Privacy Act, and the OECD Privacy Guidelines, as well as an up-to-date section on recent developments. New materials include the APEC Privacy Framework, the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act, and the CAN-SPAM Act. ================================ "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. ================================ 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 also publishes EPIC FOIA Notes, which provides brief summaries of interesting documents obtained from government agencies under the Freedom of Information Act. Subscribe to EPIC FOIA Notes at: https:/mailman.epic.org/mailman/listinfo/foia_notes ======================================================================= [8] Upcoming Conferences and Events ======================================================================= "Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection: An Element of Choice," Brussels, Belgium, January 29-30, 2010. For more information: http://www.cpdpconferences.org/ "RSA 2010" San Francisco, March 1-5, 2010. For more information: http://www.rsaconference.com/2010/usa/ "7th Conference on Privacy and Public Access to Court Records" Williamsburg, VA, March 3-5, 2010. For more information: http://www.legaltechcenter.net/default.aspx "Association for Practical and Professional Ethics" Cincinnati,OH, March 5, 2010. For more information: http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/annualmeeting.html "Privacy 2010" Stanford, CA, March 23 - 25, 2010. 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