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Volume 9.16 September 4, 2002
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Published by the
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Washington, D.C.
http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_9.16.html
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Table of Contents
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[1] EPIC and Privacy International Release Annual Privacy Survey
[2] Secret Court Chastises DOJ & FBI on Surveillance Requests
[3] EU Council Draft Proposal Could Require Harmonized Data Retention
[4] State AGs Settle with DoubleClick, Ziff-Davis; Pursue Profiler
[5] NASA: No "Mind-Reading" Technology Without Independent Review
[6] EPIC Bill-Track: New Bills in Congress
[7] EPIC Bookstore - Privacy & Human Rights 2002
[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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[1] EPIC and Privacy International Release Annual Privacy Survey
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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Privacy
International yesterday released the fifth annual Privacy and Human
Rights survey. The report reviews the state of privacy in over fifty
countries around the world. It was released at a press conference at
the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
The Privacy and Human Rights report examines the impact of September
11, 2001 on privacy and civil liberties. The report finds that many
new anti-terrorism laws adopted by national governments since
September 11 threaten political freedom. For example, in Canada, the
new anti-terrorism law adopts a controversial definition of "terrorist
activity," authorizes "preventative" arrests and grants significant
new surveillance powers to the Canadian Security Intelligence Services
(CSIS). In Denmark, a new law grants law enforcement the authority to
covertly install snooping software on computers of criminal suspects
and mandates retention of traffic data by ISPs. A similar data
retention requirement is included in the French anti-terrorism law
along with a provision requiring disclosure of encryption keys.
In Germany, increased powers for government sharing of information and
legal authorization for biometric identifiers in passports and
identity cards have been put in place. In India, a new law gives
police sweeping powers to arrest and detain suspected terrorists,
conduct electronic surveillance, and curtail free expression. In the
UK, a mandatory data retention scheme has been put in place and the
government is pushing the introduction of a national ID card.
In the United States, the USA-PATRIOT Act authorized increased sharing
among government agencies and significantly weakened privacy
protections in the federal wiretapping statutes. In Australia, a
proposal to allow law enforcement to intercept electronic
communications without a warrant was dropped from the package of
anti-terrorism measures adopted in late June but is likely to
resurface at a later stage. In New Zealand a bill granting major new
powers to surveillance agencies is still pending, as is a proposal
requiring telecommunications operators to make all necessary changes
to their systems in order to assist the police and intelligence
agencies intercept communications.
Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director of EPIC, said, "September 11 has
posed an enormous challenge to democratic governments around the
world. Too many adopted expanded surveillance authority without
considering the long-term consequences for Constitutional government.
Still, there are important indications that citizens are not prepared
to sacrifice political freedom to address the challenge of terrorism."
The EPIC/PI report also found that efforts to pass new data protection
laws are continuing in Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America. A
significant campaign is underway in Japan to stop the adoption of a
national identification system. In addition, efforts to protect
privacy in the workplace are gaining more prominence. The report,
which runs more than 400 pages, covers a wide range of other topics
including biometrics, genetic privacy, national ID cards, spy TV, and
privacy enhancing technologies.
The EPIC/PI Privacy and Human Rights report will be discussed on
September 6 at the London School of Economics. More information about
the event is available at:
http://www.privacyinternational.org/conference/london2002/
"Privacy and Human Rights 2002: An International Survey of Privacy
Laws and Developments" is available for sale at the EPIC Bookstore:
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/phr2002/
The report is also available online (in PDF) at:
http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2002/
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[2] Secret Court Chastises DOJ & FBI on Surveillance Requests
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An extraordinary court ruling made public on August 22 casts serious
doubt on the veracity and accuracy of claims made by the Justice
Department and the FBI in support of requests for approval of national
security and anti-terrorism surveillance. The previously secret
decision was issued on May 17 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court (FISC), a special panel of federal judges that oversees
implementation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
The court found that DOJ and FBI officials had submitted erroneous
information in more than 75 applications for search warrants and
wiretaps and had improperly shared intelligence information with
agents and prosecutors handling criminal cases on at least four
occasions. The "misstatements and omissions of material facts" have
been so pervasive that in November 2000, the FISC held what it
described as "a special meeting to consider the troubling number of
inaccurate FBI affidavits in so many FISA applications."
As a result of these problems, the court refused to give DOJ the broad
new surveillance powers it sought to employ after the September 11
terrorist attacks. Specifically, the FISC ruled that new procedures
proposed by Attorney General Ashcroft earlier this year would have
given DOJ prosecutors too much control over national security
investigations and would have allowed the government to improperly use
intelligence information for criminal cases, without the requisite
showing of "probable cause." The court noted that it was rejecting
the new DOJ procedures "to protect the privacy of Americans in these
highly intrusive surveillances and searches."
The government has appealed the FISC decision to the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, an appellate body created
by FISA that has never before convened in the 23 years since the FISC
began functioning. The government brief argues that the FISC failed
to properly apply changes to FISA that were contained in the USA
PATRIOT Act, which Congress enacted in the wake of the September 11
attacks.
One day before the disclosure of the FISC decision, EPIC, joined by
the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Booksellers
Foundation for Free Expression, submitted a Freedom of Information Act
request to DOJ seeking access to information about the pervasiveness
of domestic spying under the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. The
FOIA request is similar to a series of questions submitted to DOJ in
July by House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and
ranking member John Conyers (D-MI). Following the government's
failure to respond to most of those questions, Rep. Sensenbrenner has
said that he may take the unusual step of issuing a subpoena to
Attorney General Ashcroft if satisfactory answers are not forthcoming
by this week.
The FISC's May 2002 Memorandum Opinion and Order are available at:
http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/fisc051702.html
The Justice Department's appeal is available at:
http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/082102appeal.html
The text of the USA PATRIOT ACT is available at:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
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[3] EU Council Draft Proposal Could Require Harmonized Data Retention
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At the end of August, Statewatch, a British civil liberties watchdog
organization, released documents that show that the former Belgian
presidency of the European Union secretly drafted a framework decision
after last year's terrorist attacks, calling for a EU-wide scheme of
data retention for 12 to 24 months. The activist organization
considers the document as additional proof of the secret discussions
between the EU Council and law enforcement authorities to reach an
agreement to implement a harmonized and general regime of data
retention across the European Union.
The Danish presidency of the EU immediately refuted the importance of
the document, stating that there was no such proposal currently being
examined. Instead, they referred to a June proposal, which, although
it calls for binding rules on the approximation of Member States'
rules on the obligation of telecommunications service providers to
retain traffic and location data, emphasizes that such regulation must
be established in compliance with European privacy conventions and the
EU data protection directive. However, the presidency has not
explained whether Member States might be working at their own levels
on specific proposals for data retention, or whether the EU Council
could later decide to table the issue.
Another document that Statewatch disclosed is a questionnaire the
Danish presidency sent in August to all EU governments to gather
comments with respect to the regulation, practice and experiences of
traffic data retention in their countries. The answers are due on
September 9 and will be examined at an expert group (the Multi-
disciplinary Group on Organized Crime) meeting on September 16.
The release of these documents comes one month after the EU Directive
on Privacy and Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC) entered into
force. The new legislation, to be implemented by October 2003 in all
EU countries, leaves each Member State free to adopt laws authorizing
data retention and does not provide for any harmonized regime.
EPIC's Data Retention Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/intl/data_retention.html
Statewatch documents are available online at:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2002/aug/05datafd1.htm
The Danish presidency's press release is available at:
http://www.eu2002.dk/news/news_read.asp?iInformationID=21663
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[4] State AGs Settle with DoubleClick, Ziff-Davis; Pursue Profiler
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State Attorneys General, led by New York, have settled online privacy
cases against online advertiser DoubleClick and publisher Ziff-Davis.
Additionally, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has brought suit
against Student Marketing Group, a student profiling company.
In February 2000, EPIC filed a complaint with the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) alleging that DoubleClick unfairly collected and
linked personal information about Internet users without their
knowledge or control. The FTC declined to take action in that case.
Private class-action lawsuits were also brought against the company;
those actions were consolidated and settled earlier this summer.
The AG settlement provides greater protections than those established
by self-regulatory agreements and terms of the private class-action
suits. The settlement requires DoubleClick to provide greater notice,
transparency, and protection to those who are tracked by the company.
DoubleClick agreed to monitor the Web sites of all of its partners to
ensure that notice is given regarding the company's profiling and ad
targeting activities. The company agreed to develop a "cookie
analyzer" that will allow users to view DoubleClick's cookies, and
determine how they have been profiled. DoubleClick must now engage in
regular destruction of logs that contain user information. The company
will be periodically audited by an independent firm to ensure
compliance, and has paid $450,000 to cover the states' investigatory
costs.
In a separate action, state Attorneys General pursued Ziff-Davis for
inadvertently allowing 12,000 users' personal information to appear on
the Web. The information included credit card numbers, and several
subscribers had unauthorized charges on their accounts after the
security breach. The agreement requires Ziff-Davis to enhance
security procedures and to conduct regular independent audits.
Ziff-Davis agreed to pay $500 to subscribers who submitted credit card
information to the company, and to pay $100,000 to the state AGs.
The New York AG recently filed suit against Student Marketing Group
(SMG), a company that collected information from students for direct
marketing. The company is alleged to have formed a non-profit
subsidiary, Educational Research Center of America (ERCA), that sent
millions of surveys to high schools to collect information for college
financial aid and scholarship opportunities. ERCA, without notice to
the schools or students, was also using the information for direct
marketing of magazines, credit cards, and other items. The suit seeks
civil penalties and an injunction preventing SMG and ERCA from using
the information collected.
Congress acted earlier this year to limit student profiling. In
passing H.R. 1, an education bill, Congress increased parents' rights
to inspect survey instruments that are used to collect data from
children. Parents (and students of a suitable age) may also opt out of
student surveys that collect personal information for marketing
purposes.
The DoubleClick Settlement Agreement is available at:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2002/aug/aug26a_02_attach.pdf
EPIC's Cookies Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/cookies/
The Ziff-Davis Settlement Agreement is available at:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2002/aug/aug28a_02_attach.pdf
NY AG Press Release on Student Marketing Group Case:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2002/aug/aug29a_02.html
EPIC's Profiling Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/
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[5] NASA: No "Mind-Reading" Technology Without Independent Review
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EPIC recently obtained documents under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) that show NASA researchers have proposed the use of
"non-invasive neuro-electric sensors" for airport security. These
sensors would act like "super lie-detectors," according to NASA
officials, and would be integrated into the security check. In
response to a Washington Times article based on those documents, NASA
issued a press release stating that it has not approved of any
research in the area of "mind reading" and that "because of the
sensitivity of such research," the agency would seek independent
review before granting approval to future projects.
This information was part of a briefing NASA made to Northwest
Airlines in December 2001 on the ways NASA could assist aviation
security. Other measures outlined in the briefing included extensive
data mining and risk profiling of all airline passengers. The
documents were obtained as part of an FOIA lawsuit EPIC initiated
against the Transportation Security Agency. While the brain scanning
technology might be a distant possibility, the documents highlight the
risk of the government funding the development of new surveillance
technologies without appropriately considering their potential impact
on society.
NASA Ames Research Center Northwest Airlines Briefing:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/airtravel/foia/foia1.html
EPIC Air Travel Privacy Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/airtravel
NASA Press Release:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2002/02-160.txt
NASA Plans to Read Terrorist's Minds at Airports, Washington Times,
August 17, 2002:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020817-704732.htm
NASA Watch on the information behind Washington Times story:
http://www.nasawatch.com/misc/08.19.02.mindreading.html
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[6] EPIC Bill-Track: New Bills in Congress
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*House*
H.R.5117 Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other
purposes. Sponsor: Rep Young, C. W. Bill (R-FL). Latest Major Action:
7/15/2002 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House
Committee on Appropriations. Committees: House Appropriations.
H.R.5120 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United
States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and
certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2003, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr.
(R-OK). Latest Major Action: 7/25/2002 Senate preparation for floor.
Status: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517.
Committees: House Appropriations.
H.R.5211 To amend title 17, United States Code, to limit the liability
of copyright owners for protecting their works on peer-to-peer
networks. Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. (D-CA). Latest Major Action:
7/25/2002 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House
Committee on the Judiciary. Committees: House Judiciary.
H.R.5215 Confidential Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act of 2002. To protect the confidentiality of information
acquired from the public for statistical purposes, and to permit the
exchange of business data among designated statistical agencies for
statistical purposes only. Sponsor: Rep Horn, Stephen (R-CA). Latest
Major Action: 7/25/2002 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred
to the House Committee on Government Reform. Committees: House
Government Reform.
H.R.5257 Keeping All Children Safe in Schools Act of 2002. To provide
private school parity with public schools in obtaining criminal
background checks of employees, volunteers, and applicants, and for
other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Fletcher, Ernest L. (R-KY). Latest Major
Action: 7/26/2002 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the
House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Committees: House
Education and the Workforce.
*Senate*
S.2740 An original bill making appropriations for the Treasury
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen
Dorgan, Byron L. (D-ND). Latest Major Action: 7/17/2002 Senate
preparation for floor. Status: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar
under General Orders. Calendar No. 498. Committees: Senate
Appropriations.
S.2778 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hollings, Ernest F. (D-SC). Latest Major Action:
7/24/2002 Senate preparation for floor. Status: Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
Committees: Senate Appropriations.
S.2794 Homeland Security Act of 2002. A bill to establish a Department
of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Gramm, Phil
(R-TX) Latest Major Action: 7/25/2002 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs. Committees: Senate Governmental Affairs.
S.2826 Our Lady of Peace Act. A bill to improve the national instant
criminal background check system, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen
Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY). Latest Major Action: 7/30/2002 Referred to
Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary. Committees: Senate Judiciary.
S.2843 Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of
2002. A bill to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to
promulgate a rule that requires manufacturers of certain consumer
products to establish and maintain a system for providing notification
of recalls of such products to consumers who first purchase such a
product. Sponsor: Sen Landrieu, Mary L. (D-LA). Latest Major Action:
8/1/2002 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Committees:
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S.2846 Security and Liberty Preservation Act. A bill to establish a
commission to evaluate investigative and surveillance technologies to
meet law enforcement and national security needs in the manner that
best preserves the personal dignity, liberty, and privacy of
individuals within the United States. Sponsor: Sen Edwards, John
(D-NC). Latest Major Action: 8/1/2002 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees: Senate Judiciary.
S.2887 Homeland Security Information Sharing Act. A bill to provide
for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal
intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local
entities. Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA). Latest Major Action:
8/1/2002 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary. Committees: Senate Judiciary.
S.2894 Flag Protection Act of 2002. A bill to provide for the
protection of the flag of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen McConnell, Mitch (R-KY). Latest Major Action: 8/1/2002
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. Committees: Senate Judiciary.
S.2895 Comprehensive Seaport and Container Security Act of 2002. A
bill to enhance the security of the United States by protecting
seaports, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne
(D-CA). Latest Major Action: 8/1/2002 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation. Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.
EPIC Bill Track: Tracking Privacy, Speech, and Cyber-Liberties Bills
in the 107th Congress, is available at:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/bill_track.html
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[7] EPIC Bookstore - Trust Us, We're Experts
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Privacy & Human Rights 2002: An International Survey of Privacy Laws
and Developments (EPIC 2002).
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/phr2002/
This annual report by EPIC and Privacy International reviews the state
of privacy in over fifty countries around the world. It outlines
legal protections for privacy, new challenges, and summarizes
important issues and events relating to privacy and surveillance.
The 2002 edition of Privacy and Human Rights examines the impact of
government proposals after September 11, 2001 on privacy and civil
liberties. The report documents many new anti-terrorism and security
measures and identifies key trends including increased communications
surveillance, weakening of data protection regimes, and increased
profiling and identification of individuals.
The 2002 Privacy and Human Rights report finds that laws to protect
privacy in the workplace are gaining more support and that efforts to
pass new data protection laws are continuing in Eastern Europe, Asia
and Latin America. Important debates are also taking place around the
world concerning the future of new technologies for identification and
surveillance.
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EPIC Publications:
"Privacy & Human Rights 2002: An International Survey of Privacy Laws
and Developments" (EPIC 2002). Price: $25.
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/phr2002/
This survey, by EPIC and Privacy International, reviews the state of
privacy in over fifty countries around the world. The survey examines
a wide range of privacy issues including data protection, telephone
tapping, genetic databases, video surveillance, location tracking, ID
systems and freedom of information laws.
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"The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2001: United States Law, International
Law, and Recent Developments," Marc Rotenberg, editor (EPIC 2001).
Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pls2001/
The "Physicians Desk Reference of the privacy world." An invaluable
resource for students, attorneys, researchers and journalists who need
an up-to-date collection of U.S. and International privacy law, as
well as a comprehensive listing of privacy resources.
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"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.
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"The Consumer Law Sourcebook 2000: Electronic Commerce and the Global
Economy," Sarah Andrews, editor (EPIC 2000). Price: $40.
http://www.epic.org/cls/
The Consumer Law Sourcebook provides a basic set of materials for
consumers, policy makers, practitioners and researchers who are
interested in the emerging field of electronic commerce. The focus is
on framework legislation that articulates basic rights for consumers
and the basic responsibilities for businesses in the online economy.
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"Cryptography and Liberty 2000: An International Survey of Encryption
Policy," Wayne Madsen and David Banisar, authors (EPIC 2000). Price:
$20. http://www.epic.org/crypto&/
EPIC's third survey of encryption policies around the world. The
results indicate that the efforts to reduce export controls on strong
encryption products have largely succeeded, although several
governments are gaining new powers to combat the perceived threats of
encryption to law enforcement.
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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 Bookshelf" at Powell's Books
http://www.powells.com/features/epic/epic.html
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[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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Civil Liberties Under Attack -- One Year Later. National Lawyers
Guild; Refuse & Resist. September 7, 2002. Los Angeles, CA. For more
information: http://www.refuseandresist.org/new/calendar.php
IT and Law. University of Geneva, University of Bern, Swiss
Association of IT and Law. September 9-10, 2002. Geneva, Switzerland.
For more information: http://www.informatiquejuridique.ch/
Observing Surveillance. Photo Exhibit. September 12, 2002. Washington,
DC. For more information: dcvsp@epic.org
ILPF Conference 2002: Security v. Privacy. Internet Law & Policy
Forum. September 17-19, 2002. Seattle, WA. For more information:
http://www.ilpf.org/conference2002/
The Biometric Consortium Conference (BC2002). Biometric Consortium.
September 23-25, 2002. Arlington, VA. For more information:
http://www.nist.gov/bc2002/
Privacy2002: Information, Security & New Global Realities. Technology
Policy Group. September 24-26, 2002. Cleveland, OH. For more
information: http://www.privacy2000.org/privacy2002/
Privacy Management Summit. Privastaff. September 25, 2002. San Jose,
CA. For more information: http://www.privastaff.com/psevents.html
Commercialization of Human Genomics: Consequences for Science and
Humanity. Duke University Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy.
September 27-28, 2002. Durham, NC. For more information:
http://www.law.duke.edu/conference/gelp/
Privacy in Ubicomp 2002: Workshop on Socially-informed Design of
Privacy-enhancing Solutions in Ubiquitous Computing. Held as part of
UBICOMP 2002. September 29, 2002. Goeteborg, Sweden. For more
information: http://guir.berkeley.edu/privacyworkshop2002/
Shrinking World, Expanding Net. Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility (CPSR). October 5, 2002. Cambridge, MA. For more
information: http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg02/
Bridging the Digital Divide: Challenge and Opportunities. 3rd World
Summit on Internet and Multimedia. October 8-11, 2002. Montreux,
Switzerland. For more information: http://www.internetworldsummit.org/
2002 WSEAS International Conference on Information Security (ICIS
'02). World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. October
14-17, 2002. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For more information:
http://www.wseas.org/conferences/2002/brazil/icis/
IAPO Privacy & Security Conference. International Association of
Privacy Officers. October 16-18, 2002. Chicago, IL. For more
information: http://www.privacyassociation.org/html/conferences.html
Privacy Trends: Complying With New Demands. Riley Information Services
Inc. and the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance. October
22, 2002. Ottawa, Canada. For more information:
http://www.rileyis.com/seminars/
3rd Annual Privacy and Security Workshop: Privacy & Security: Totally
Committed. Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research, University of
Waterloo and the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario.
University of Toronto. November 7-8, 2002. Toronto, Canada. For more
information: http://www.epic.org/redirect/cacr.html
First Hawaii Biometrics Conference. Windward Community College,
Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training (PCATT). November
10-13, 2002. Waikiki, HI. For more information:
http://biometrics.wcc.hawaii.edu/
Transformations in Politics, Culture and Society. Inter-
Disciplinary.Net. December 6-8, 2002. Brussels, Belgium. For more
information: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/tpcs1.htm
18th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC):
Practical Solutions to Real Security Problems. Applied Computer
Security Associates. December 9-13, 2002. Las Vegas, NV. For more
information: http://www.acsac.org/
Third Annual Privacy Summit. International Association of Privacy
Officers. February 26-28, 2003. Washington, DC. For more information:
http://www.privacyassociation.org/html/conferences.html
CFP2003: 13th Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). April 1-4, 2003. New York,
NY. For more information: http://www.cfp.org/
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