Web sites | Organizations | Conferences | Books | Companies | Privacy Seal Programs | Reports | Presentations

People often ask me how they can learn more about privacy. This page contains pointers to lots of good resources to get you started. You may also be interested in reading some of the papers I have written, many of which are related to privacy. The links page on my P3P book web site also includes a variety of good privacy-related resources. -- Lorrie Faith Cranor

Web Sites

• Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference
• Health Privacy Project
• PrivacyExchange.org
• Roger Clarke's Dataveillance and Information Privacy Pages
• Surveys of Privacy Attitudes

Organizations

The following organizations focus on privacy-related issues or have substantial privacy-related activities

• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Federal Trade Commission
• Online Privacy Alliance
• Privacy And American Business
• PrivacyFoundation
• World Wide Web Consortium Platform for Privacy Preferences Project

Conferences

Upcoming privacy-related conferences that I will be speaking at:

• IAPO Third Annual Privacy Summit, February 26-28, 2003, Washington, DC

Other interesting privacy-related conferences:

• See the Privacy Exchange Conferences and Events Calendar
• 13th Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy (CFP2003) - April 1-4, 2003, New York

Books

Privacy-related books I've read and recommend

• Web Privacy with P3P by Lorrie Faith Cranor, 2002 -- my book on P3P
• The Privacy Payoff: How Successful Businesses Build Customer Trust by Cavoukian and Hamilton, 2002 -- a good overview of privacy issues for businesses
• Internet Privacy for Dummies by Levine, Everett-Church, and Stebben -- a good book and not just for dummies, takes a hands on approach to protecting your privacy
• Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century by Simson Garfinkel, 2000 -- a good primer on computer-related privacy issues
• Persuasion and Privacy in Cyberspace: The Online Protests over Lotus Marketplace and the Clipper Chip by Laura J. Gurak, 1997 -- a scholarly analysis of two interesting cases
• The Privacy Law Sourcebook 1999: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments Edited by Marc Rotenberg, 199 -- an excellent reference book
• Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption by Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau -- a great introduction to and history of encryption policy in the US
• The Right to Privacy by Ellen Alderman & Caroline Kennedy, 1995 -- a good overview (suitable for non-lawyers) of U.S. privacy law and privacy-related court cases
• Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape Edited by Philip E. Agre and Marc Rotenberg, 1997 -- a thoughtful exploration of how new technologies impact privacy

Privacy-related books on my reading list that I've heard others recommend

• Ben Franklin's Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet by Robert Ellis Smith, 2000
• The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America by Jeffrey Rosen, 2000
• The Hundreth Window by Charles Jennings, 2000

EPIC maintains a list of recommended privacy books.

Companies

The following is a list of companies that offer privacy-related products and services. I have not tried all of these products.

• Junkbusters
• Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc.

Privacy Seal Programs

• BBBOnline
• CPA WebTrust
• PrivacyBot
• TRUSTe

Reports

• Privacy: Positions, Legislation & Resources - from NYNMA's Policy White Paper Series
• Privacy Tools Overview
• Know the Rules, Use the Tools -- Privacy in the Digital Age: A Resource for Internet Users, published by the U.S. Senate Juniciary Committee
• TopClick list of privacy research and surveys
• Beyond Concern: Understanding Net Users' Attitudes About Online Privacy
• California Healthcare Foundation Report on the Privacy Policies and Practices of Health Web Sites
• Trust and Privacy Online: Why Americans Want to Rewrite the Rules
• Web Seals: A Review of Online Privacy Programs

Presentations

• P3P slides

Web sites | Organizations | Conferences | Books | Companies | Privacy Seal Programs | Reports | Presentations

Last updated 31 January 2003 by Lorrie Faith Cranor

http://lorrie.cranor.org/privacy/