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• Domestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy (2003)
  HUNT  362.82 K29D

• Information Security and Privacy (2002)
  E&S  005.8 A18I 2002
  SEI  QA75 .L75 NO. 2384
• Naked in Cyberspace: How to Find Personal Information Online (2002)
  HUNT REF-1  001.42 L26N2
  SEI  JK2445 .P82L36 2002
  This book helps researchers find personal information online but also addresses related privacy concerns.


• Safeguarding our Patrons' Privacy: What Every Librarian Needs to Know about the USA Patriot Act & Related Anti-Terrorism Measures
  HUNT BASEMENT  [VIDEORECORDING]
  
• Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future of Privacy (2002)
  E&S  621.38928 M74S

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Databases

• LexisNexis Congressional (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  CIS Annual: Congressional Information Service Index.
  Vol. 1-28, 1970-1997 (annual)
  This database provides comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information. It includes laws and regulations, proposed and recent bills, bill tracking, testimony, legislative histories, the Congressional Record, and more. Documents are available in full-text; the years of coverage vary by document type. In addition, microfiche copies of full-text documents are available in Hunt Reference from 1977 to the present.
• PAIS International (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  January 1972- (updated monthly)
  Public Affairs Information Service. Vol.15-, 1929-1994. (annual)
  HUNT REF-1  INDEX
  This literature guide on current international economic and social conditions presents a public policy perspective. It covers articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs. The print version must be used for years prior to 1972; only the online database is available after 1994.
• Privacy Act Issuances (through GPO Access)
  1995, 1997, 1999, 2001
  Privacy Act Issuances contain descriptions of federal agency systems of records maintained on individuals and rules agencies follow to assist individuals who request information about their records.

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General Sources

• Freedom of Information Act (U.S. Department of Justice)
  Federal agencies are required under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to disclose records requested in writing by any person. However, agencies may withhold information pursuant to nine exemptions and three exclusions contained in the statute. The FOIA applies only to federal agencies and does not create a right of access to records held by Congress, the courts, or by state or local government agencies. Each state has its own public access laws that should be consulted for access to state and local records.
  
  
• Privacy Act of 1974 (U.S. Department of Justice)
  The Privacy Act can generally be characterized as an omnibus "code of fair information practices" that attempts to regulate the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personal information by federal executive branch agencies.
  
  
• Driver's Privacy Protection Act (Legal Information Institute)
  Provides the text of the law.
  
  • EPIC - DPPA and Driver's License Privacy
    
    
• Financial Privacy
  
• The Financial Modernization Act of 1999 (Federal Trade Commission)
  Also known as the "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, this law includes provisions to protect consumers’ personal financial information held by financial institutions. "Financial Institutions" include not only banks, securities firms, and insurance companies, but also companies providing many other types of financial products and services to consumers. Among these services are lending, brokering or servicing any type of consumer loan, transferring or safeguarding money, preparing individual tax returns, providing financial advice or credit counseling, providing residential real estate settlement services, collecting consumer debts, and an array of other activities.
• Privacy of Consumer Financial Information (Pennsylvania Insurance Department)
  Information regarding the privacy of personal financial information in Pennsylvania.
  
• Opinion Polls Regarding Privacy
  Few opinion polls focus on privacy issues but many polls include a privacy question or questions. The Elections and Public Opinion Polls page contains links to a number of sources for polling data.
  

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Gateways

• The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
  The CDT site offers news and information on the issues of free speech, data privacy, government surveillance, copyright, domain names, and international issues. The CDT also tracks federal legislation that affects the Internet.
  
  
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
  The EFF was founded in 1990 to "defend our rights to think, speak, and share our ideas, thoughts, and needs using new technologies, such as the Internet and the World Wide Web." The EFF site features the current hot topics of anonymity, anti-terrorism, censorship, copyright law, digital rights management, filtering, surveillance, and the USA PATRIOT Act.
• Electronic Privacy Infomation Center (EPIC)
  EPIC is a public interest reserch center founded in 1994. This site offers a comprehensive listing of reports and updates on many issues concerning privacy, including air travel privacy, census privacy, children's privacy, driving records, Internet privacy, telemarketing, workplace privacy, and many others. The site also contains privacy tools like html filters, Congressional bill tracking, and other privacy resources.
  
  
• Privacy Law Playbook
  This site tries to provide relevant, up-to-date information on the latest privacy law developments, including laws and regulations, pending legislation, articles, and links to other relevant resources.
  
  
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
  The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a nonprofit consumer education, research, and advocacy program. They provide information and tips on protecting privacy in several different areas.

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Computer Privacy Issues

• Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA)
  COPPA requires commercial online content providers who either have actual knowledge that they are dealing with a child 12 or under or who aim their content at children to obtain verifiable parental consent before they can collect, archive, use, or resell any personal information pertaining to that child.
  
  • Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (Federal Trade Commission)
  • How to comply with COPPA (Federal Trade Commission)

• Facts About Privacy and CyberSpace (American Bar Association)
  This publication covers sources of information about people online, how to protect privacy, children's privacy issues, email privacy in the workplace, safe online shopping, etc.

• Internet Fraud Watch (National Consumers League)
  Contains tips regarding internet fraud, types of fraud against businesses, and statistics on internet fraud.

• Privacy and Security on Your PC (David Rittenhouse)
  This summary is taken from Rittenhouse's book of the same title.

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Data Mining Privacy Issues

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
  This archival site makes data available to researchers at member institutions (e.g. Carnegie Mellon) and provides information on how researchers can protect the privacy of individuals and organizations.
  
  • ICPSR Confidentiality Procedures
    
  • Responsible Use Statement
    
    
• Laboratory for International Data Privacy (Carnegie Mellon University)
  The Data Privacy Lab's mission is "to provide intellectual leadership to society in shaping the evolving relationship between technology and the legal right to or public expectation of privacy in the collection and sharing of data."

• DARPA Information (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
• EPIC - Terrorism Information Awareness
  News and information about the TIA from EPIC

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Health Privacy Issues

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
  
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office for Civil Rights
  Information on the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information, including the HIPAA Privacy Rule and other links to HIPAA information.
• HIPAA.org
  Information on the law and the DHHS, how to identify providers, and how to implement the stipulations of HIPAA, as well as links to other HIPAA related resources.
• HIPAAcomply
  The latest news and information regarding HIPAA security and privacy compliance, including a timeline of important deadlines and links to Federal and State legislation.
  
  
• Institute for Health Freedom: Health Privacy
  This site includes news and information on health privacy policy rules and regulations.
• Policy and Legislation: Genetic Privacy (National Human Genome Research Institute)
  This government site tracks federal legislation related to genetic and general privacy issues and provides links to other government related genetic and health privacy related sites.
  
  
• State Genetic Privacy Laws (National Conference of State Legislatures)
  This site shows which states have enacted genetic privacy laws, a link to each law, and information on whether or not informed consent is required when releasing genetic records.

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Library Privacy Issues

• American Library Association: Office of Intellectual Freedom
  Addresses a number of issues concerning libraries, intellectual freedom, and privacy.
  

• Digital Reference and Privacy
  This research page offers information on the USA PATRIOT Act, state laws on the confidentiality of library records, virtual reference software and privacy features, and sample digital reference privacy policy statements.
  
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This guide was originally developed for Carnegie Mellon University Libraries by Mary Wojtkiewicz, graduate student in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2003.