• Note: "Personal" and "Private"
• What is Privacy?
  • Privacilla's Two-Part Definition of Privacy
  • Privacy: A Fundamental Right? Or Something Else?
• Why is Privacy Important?
• Anonymity and Pseudonymity
• Privacy and Culture
• Security and Privacy
• Privacy Polls
  • Privacy Survey Design is Often Flawed
  • Comparing Privacy Polls and Consumer Behavior
• The Value of Making Personal Information Public
• Differences Between Government and the Private Sector
  
  • Different Incentives
  • Different Laws
  Book Reviews:
  • 1984
  • Credit Scores & Credit Reports: How the System Works, What You Can Do
  • Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century
  • How to Be Invisible: The Essential Guide to Protecting Your Personal Privacy, Your Assets, and Your Life
  • The Limits of Privacy
  • No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society
  • The Open Society Paradox: Why the 21st Century Calls for More Openness — Not Less
  • Philosophical Dimensions of Privacy: An Anthology
  • Privacy and Freedom
  • The Privacy Card: A Low-Cost Strategy to Combat Terrorism
  • The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?
  • The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America
  • Who Goes There?: Authentication Through the Lens of Privacy

• How Governments Use Information
• The Benefits of Access to Government Information
• The End of Practical Obscurity
• Privacy Law Governing the Public Sector
  • General Laws
    • The Fourth Amendment
    • The Privacy Act of 1974
      • The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
      • Doe v. Chao
    • The Freedom of Information Act
    • The Computer Security Act
    • The Paperwork Reduction Act
  • Sectoral Laws
    • The Electronic Communications Privacy Act
    • The Right to Financial Privacy Act
    • The Driver's Privacy Protection Act
      • DPPA History
    • The Privacy Protection Act of 1980
    • The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
    • Substance Abuse Privacy
    • Veterans Administration Health Privacy
  • U.S. Federal Government Policies
    • OMB Circular No. A-130
    • OMB Memorandum No. M-99-18
    • OMB "Cookie" Policy
  • Important Directives, Guidelines, and Studies
    • The EU Data Privacy Directive
    • OECD Guidelines
    • The HEW Report
• Government Threats to Privacy
  • Public Records
    • Voter Records
    • Property Records
    • Public School Records
    • Judicial Records
      • Bankruptcy Records
      • Criminal Records
      • Civil Records
    • Social Security Numbers
    • State DMV Records
    • Government Databases
      • Do-Not-Call Lists
      • The FBI's Brady Law Database
      • ICANN's WHOIS Database
      • The Veterans Administration Computer System
      • HCFA's OASIS Database
      • The FBI's CODIS Database
      • The Census
      • FinCEN
      • Aviation Databases
      • National "New Hires" Database
      • FIDNet
  • Surveillance
    • Biometric Surveillance
    • Carnivore
    • CALEA
    • Electronic Footprints
    • The "Clipper Chip"
    • Victimless Crimes
      • Internet Gambling
      • Money-Laundering
      • Drug Laws
    • International Surveillance Programs
      • Echelon
      • RIP (UK)
      • Other International Surveillance Programs
  • Anti-Privacy Law and Regulation
    • Automobile "Black Boxes"
    • E911
    • National Individual Health Identifier
    • The Postal Service's CMRA Regulations
    • The Bank Secrecy Act
    • Taxation
      • OECD Moves Against Financial Privacy
      • Internet Sales Tax Proposals
    • Encryption Policy
    • Window Envelopes
    • "Know Your Customer"
• Government Invasions of Privacy
  • The Veterans Administration Computer System
  • Willey Letters
  • IRS 'Browsing'
  • Korematsu
  • L.A. Wiretapping Scandal
  • "Filegate"
  Current Issues:
  • Should Governments Have Chief Information Officers?
  • IG Web Privacy Studies
  • The Draft Convention on Cyber-Crime
  • GAO Studies of Government Web Privacy Practices

• How Businesses Use Information
• The Search for Consumer Harm
• How to Regulate Privacy
• Opt-Out, Opt-In, or Something Else
• Workplace Privacy
• Privacy Law Governing the Private Sector
  • Contracts
    • Privacy Contracts and Bankruptcy
    • Unfair Competition
  • The Privacy Torts
  • Select Statutes:
    • The Video Privacy Protection Act
    • The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
    • The Cable Communications Policy Act
    • The Telephone Consumer Protection Act
  • State or Federal?
  • International Privacy Law, Directives, and Guidelines
    • The EU Data Privacy Directive
    • OECD Guidelines
    • Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• Congress' Responsibility for New Privacy Laws
• Getting Results from Privacy Law and Regulation
• Privacy Law and Free Speech

Online Privacy

• The Vanishing Difference Between Online and Off
• The Value of Free-Flowing Information Online
• Protecting Privacy Online
• Cookies
• Spam
  • What to Do About Spam
• Mobile Devices and Privacy
• Double Click / Abacus
• Software Privacy "Bugs"
• "Consumer Confidence" Regulation as Corporate Welfare
• Select Laws and Regulations
  • The Electronic Communications Privacy Act
  • Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
  • The Telecommunications Act of 1996
  Current Issues:
  • CPExchange
  • FTC 2000 Report to Congress

• The Value of Free Flowing Financial Information
  • Preventing Fraud
  • Improved Customer Service
  • Lower Cost of Credit
  • Better Prices and Special Offers
  • Reduced Junk Mail
• Identity Fraud ("Identity Theft")
• Credit Headers and Privacy
• Financial Privacy in Switzerland
• Select Laws and Regulations
  • The Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
    • Notice and Opt-Out Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
      • Exceptions to Notice Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
      • Does the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Notice and Opt-Out Protect Privacy?
      • How Notice and Opt-Out Frustrates Innovation
    • Getting Results From Gramm-Leach-Bliley
  Current Issues:
  • State Financial Services Regulations

• What is Medical Information?
  • Mental Health
  • Substance Abuse
  • Genetic Information
  • Non-Private Health Information
• The Importance of Medical Privacy
• The Value of Free-Flowing Medical Information
  • Health Care Marketing
• Patient Access to Health Records
• Exceptions to Medical Privacy
  • Consent
  • Disclosure to Other Providers
  • Disclosure to Payers
  • Disclosure to Family
  • Disclosure for Research
  • Disclosure for Public Health
  • Disclosure to Law Enforcement
  • Disclosure to Protect Third Parties
• How Tax Policy Undermines Health Privacy
• Medical Information Online
• How Medical Privacy Regulations Can Backfire
  
• Select Laws and Regulations
  • HIPAA Privacy Regulations
    • Where the HIPAA Privacy Regulations Came From
      • Political Gamesmanship and the HIPAA Privacy Regulations
      • Why the HIPAA Regulations Are Unconstitutional
      • HHS' Inadequate Privacy Recommendations
      • HIPAA and the Privacy Torts
      • Harms Addressed by the HIPAA Privacy Regulations
      • HIPAA and the Privacy "Right"
    • Getting Results from HIPAA
  • Substance Abuse Privacy
  Current Issues:
  • HIPAA Rulemakings
    • National Individual Health Identifier
    • HIPAA Privacy Regulations
    • HIPAA Security Standards