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Volume 9.22 November 6, 2002
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Published by the
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Washington, D.C.
http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_9.22.html
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Table of Contents
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[1] EPIC Advises Against P2P Monitoring in Colleges and Universities
[2] AOL Wants to Help Companies Conduct Workplace Surveillance
[3] Food and Drug Administration OKs Implantable ID Chips
[4] GAO Releases Report on Government Use of Personal Information
[5] CFP2003: Call for Proposals - November 15, 2002
[6] EPIC Bill-Track: New Bills in Congress
[7] EPIC Bookstore - Privacy Law Sourcebook 2002
[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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[1] EPIC Advises Against P2P Monitoring in Colleges and Universities
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In an open letter distributed to the higher education community, EPIC
today advised colleges and universities not to adopt invasive
peer-to-peer (P2P) network monitoring systems. EPIC's letter comes in
response to recent exhortations from the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) and other copyright trade associations
supporting the monitoring of student P2P file sharing. EPIC argued
that monitoring of file transfers is incompatible with the mission of
higher education institutions, and that such monitoring would chill
free expression and implicate the privacy of members of the academic
community.
The EPIC letter acknowledges that network monitoring is appropriate
for certain security and bandwidth management purposes. However,
monitoring to determine whether file transfers are "authorized" is
both impracticable and incompatible with guarantees of academic
freedom.
EPIC warned that the RIAA is attempting to expand its already weighty
power under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by demanding greater
policing of private communications by higher education institutions.
Such monitoring is not required by law, and it burdens colleges and
universities with a duty to monitor and pursue individuals using P2P
networks. Also, once in place, a system for monitoring P2P use can
expand and become a system of general surveillance for all electronic
networks.
EPIC advised colleges and universities to take a circumspect approach
to network monitoring issues. EPIC recommended that institutions
adopt a recent report from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Logging and Monitoring Project (LAMP) to evaluate computer policy in
the higher education context. EPIC further recommended that
institutions involve all stakeholders, including students, in the
development of network management policy.
EPIC P2P Privacy Letter:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/student/p2pletter.html
NSF LAMP Project:
http://www.aacrao.org/publications/catalog/NSF-LAMP.pdf
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[2] AOL Wants to Help Companies Conduct Workplace Surveillance
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America Online recently announced that it would be selling network
surveillance software to businesses to monitor employee communications
over AOL's Instant Messenger (AIM) service. EPIC has written a letter
to Jonathan Miller, Chairman & CEO of America Online, drawing
attention to the privacy risks of the monitoring software and urging
him to withdraw the product until privacy enhancing protections can be
established for AIM users.
Instant messaging is a revolutionary communications service that has
been broadly embraced by millions of users around the world. The
quick, transient communications that take place between friends,
spouses, or people with shared interests in IM chats have rapidly
created a whole new medium and culture of communications on the
Internet, one that closely resembles private discussions that take
place in the physical world. Instant messaging captures the spirit
and possibilities of the Internet by building relationships and
communities in a unique fashion, but it depends upon the expectation
of privacy that the service has created. EPIC argues that AOL's AIM
Gateway service threatens to radically transform privacy expectations
for instant messaging users, and that it poses a particular threat to
employees whose well-established expectation of privacy in the
workplace could be extinguished. The letter calls on AOL to build
privacy enhancing technologies into AIM to protect user privacy.
EPIC's letter to AOL Chairman & CEO Jonathan Miller:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/workplace/aol_letter_110602.html
AOL Press Release:
http://www.epic.org/redirect/aol.html
EPIC Workplace Privacy Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/workplace/
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[3] Food and Drug Administration OKs Implantable ID Chips
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the use of
Applied Digital Solutions' (ADS) controversial VeriChip in humans. The
VeriChip is a tiny identification device that emits a 125-kilohertz
radio frequency signal detectable by scanners up to four feet away.
According to ADS, the FDA sent the chip manufacturer a letter stating
that the agency would not regulate the VeriChip if it were used for
non-medical purposes.
FDA investigator Wally Pellerite raised the issue that the FDA
thoroughly examines cosmetic implants, which serve no medical
purposes, in order to determine their effects on the human body. It
remains unclear what criteria the FDA is applying in requiring
rigorous studies of other implants, while allowing the use of
VeriChips without full review.
Even though the FDA has not approved the use of VeriChip for health
purposes, ADS markets VeriChip as an effective way for doctors to
identify unconscious patients, possibly saving their lives in
emergency situations by transmitting instant information about their
medical history. The FDA launched an investigation last May in
response to ADS' inconsistent claims. However, ADS assured FDA
officials that the chip would only be used as an identification
device. Even so, privacy experts warn that the chip could also be
used for purposes of tracking and monitoring people.
For information on a November 15 National Academies panel discussion
entitled "Human Microchip Implantation: It's More Than Skin Deep,"
featuring EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg, see:
http://www.epic.org/events/
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[4] GAO Releases Report on Government Use of Personal Information
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The United States General Accounting Office (GAO) recently released a
report prepared for the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs that
reviews how selected agencies handle personal information provided by
members of the public to obtain government services. The report
examines in detail how personal information collected through four
representative forms (from four different federal agencies) was
treated, and whether requirements under the Privacy Act and the
Computer Matching Act were appropriately followed. The four forms
were the Education Department's student aid request form, the
Department of Agriculture's standard loan form for farmers, the
Department of Labor's federal worker's compensation form, and a
passport application from the State Department. The report concludes
that, "Overall, agencies collected a substantial amount of personal
information of a wide variety of types, including personal[ly]
identifying information (names and Social Security numbers) and
demographic, financial, and legal data." It found that the procedures
for handling personal information collected were complex, involving
numerous processes, and that a wide range of personnel has access to
the information. In addition, the personal information collected was
shared extensively with other government entities, private
individuals, and organizations following "authorized procedures."
The Department of Education's Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA), filled out by a large number of students every year, is one
example of personal information being widely shared among different
agencies and entities under the "routine use" exemption of the Privacy
Act. For example, the Education Department gives information on
financial aid applicants to the Justice Department to see if they have
been convicted of any drug-related offenses; to the Department of
Veterans Affairs to check a veteran's eligibility status for student
aid; to the Selective Service System to make sure a male applicant has
registered for the draft; and to the Immigration and Naturalization
Service to see if an applicant is eligible for federal benefits. If an
applicant is delinquent on a federal loan, the application information
is sent to a private collection bureau. The Education Department also
sends the student's personal financial information to state agencies
to coordinate student aid. To qualify as a routine use, the agency
simply has to announce the use in the Federal Register.
A review of the report reinforces the need for more substantive
privacy practices beyond the formal notice requirements of the Privacy
Act of 1974 and the Computer Matching Act of 1988. The bi-partisan
Federal Agency Protection of Privacy bill (H.R. 4561), which passed
the House and is currently pending in the Senate, would require
agencies to conduct privacy impact analyses before and after passing
regulations concerning personal information. Commentators have also
suggested bringing the Privacy Act up-to-date to cover the new and
more intrusive types of information sharing and collection conducted
by federal agencies.
GAO Report, "Selected Agencies' Handling of Personal Information,"
available at:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d021058.pdf
EPIC's Student Privacy Page:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/student/
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[5] CFP2003: Call for Proposals - November 15, 2002
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The Program Committee of the Thirteenth Conference on Computers,
Freedom, and Privacy (CFP2003) seeks your proposals for innovative
conference sessions and speakers. The conference, which will be held
in New York, NY on April 1-4, 2003, has been a leading venue for
public debate on the future of privacy and freedom in the online world
for over a decade. Each year, key representatives from government,
business, education, and non-profits including the legal, law
enforcement, security, media, consumer, and hacker communities have
gathered together to anticipate policy trends and issues and to help
map the future of society in the online world.
The CFP 2003 Program Committee has tentatively decided on the theme of
"Freedom to move, think and speak." Proposals are welcomed on all
aspects of this theme, but they may cover any other aspects of
computers, freedom and privacy. Proposals for tutorials, plenary
sessions, workshops, technical demonstrations, and birds-of-a-feather
sessions are welcome, as well as suggestions for speakers and topics.
Sessions should present a wide range of thinking on a topic by
including speakers from different viewpoints.
Proposals will be reviewed by the CFP2003 Program Committee and
Advisory Board. All submissions must be received by November 15, 2002
to receive priority consideration. The Program Committee will notify
submitters of the status of proposals no later than January 1, 2003.
Complete instructions for submission can be found at:
http://www.cfp2003.org/submissions/
Links to past conference programs can be found at:
http://www.cfp.org/
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[6] EPIC Bill-Track: New Bills in Congress
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*House*
H.R.5387 To make needed reforms in the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr.
(D-MA) Committees: House Judiciary; House Government Reform Latest
Major Action: 10/7/2002 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland
Security.
H.R.5424 Identity Theft Victims Assistance Act of 2002. To prevent the
crime of identity theft, mitigate the harm to individuals victimized
by identity theft, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Smith, Adam.
(D-WA). Committees: House Judiciary; House Financial Services Latest
Major Action: 10/7/2002 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland
Security.
H.R.5457 Judicial Code of Conduct Privacy Clarification Act. To amend
the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt attorneys from the privacy
provisions of that Act. Sponsor: Rep Biggert, Judy (R-IL). Committees:
House Financial Services Latest Major Action: 10/7/2002 Referred to
House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions and Consumer Credit.
H.R.5474 Identity Theft Consumer Notification Act. To amend the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to further protect customers of financial
institutions whose identities are stolen from the financial
institution, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Kleczka, Gerald D.
(D-WA). Committees: House Financial Services Latest Major Action:
10/7/2002 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
H.R.5503 National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act
of 2002. To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an
electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of any
schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Whitfield, Ed (R-KY). Committees: House Energy and
Commerce Latest Major Action: 10/8/2002 Referred to House
subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
H.R.5522 Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002. To amend title 17,
United States Code, to safeguard the rights and expectations of
consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment. Sponsor: Rep
Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA). Committees: House Judiciary Latest Major Action:
10/2/2002 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House
Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.5524 Global Internet Freedom Act. To develop and deploy
technologies to defeat Internet jamming and censorship. Sponsor: Rep
Cox, Christopher (R-CA). Committees: House International Relations.
Latest Major Action: 10/2/2002 Referred to House committee. Status:
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.R.5544 Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2002. To amend the
Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the advertising or sale
of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc is an unfair method of
competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, and for other
purposes. Sponsor: Rep Boucher, Rick (D-VA). Committees: House Energy
and Commerce; House Judiciary Latest Major Action: 10/8/2002 Referred
to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
H.R.5588 Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002. To amend
title 18, United States Code, to establish penalties for aggravated
identity theft, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Gekas, George W.
(R-PA). Committees: House Judiciary. Latest Major Action: 10/9/2002
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee
on the Judiciary.
H.R.5613 Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of
2002. To establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based
preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal
tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities. Sponsor: Rep
DeLauro, Rosa L. (D-CT). Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House
Education and the Workforce. Latest Major Action: 10/10/2002 Referred
to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.5646 Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2002. To
restore standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable
health information that were weakened by the August 2002
modifications, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J.
(D-MA). Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means;
House Education and the Workforce Latest Major Action: 10/16/2002
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and
Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned.
*Senate*
S.2917 Comprehensive Child Protection Act of 2002. A bill to enhance
national efforts to investigate, prosecute, and prevent crimes against
children by increasing investigatory tools, criminal penalties, and
resources and by extending existing laws. Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G.
(R-UT). Latest Major Action: 9/10/2002 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees: Senate Judiciary.
S.2949 Aviation Security Improvement Act. A bill to provide for
enhanced aviation security, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen
Hollings, Ernest F. (D-SC). Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and
Transportation Latest Major Action: 9/30/2002 Senate preparation for
floor. Status: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General
Orders. Calendar No. 623.
S.2956 Intelligence Gathering Act of 2002. A bill to require the
Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a semi-annual report to
Congress regarding the effectiveness with which information is
exchanged between the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and State and local law enforcement
authorities. Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. (D-WI). Committees:
Senate Judiciary Latest Major Action: 9/18/2002 Referred to Senate
committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
S.3033 National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of
2002. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an
electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of any
schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchinson, Tim (D-AR). Committees: Senate Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Major Action: 10/2/2002 Referred
to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.3064 Health Records Confidentiality Act of 2002. A bill to prohibit
the use of patient databases for marketing without the express consent
of the patient. Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Bill (D-FL). Committees: Senate
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Major Action: 10/7/2002
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.3093 Global Internet Freedom Act. A bill to develop and deploy
technologies to defeat Internet jamming and censorship. Sponsor: Sen
Wyden, Ron (D-OR). Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and
Transportation Latest Major Action: 10/10/2002 Referred to Senate
committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S.3100 Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act of 2002. A bill to
amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of social
security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, and
for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA). Latest
Major Action: 10/15/2002 Senate preparation for floor. Status: Read
the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General
Orders. Calendar No. 707.
S.3107 Driver's License Fraud Prevention Act. A bill to improve the
security of State-issued driver's licenses, enhance highway safety,
verify personal identity, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Durbin,
Richard J. (D-IL). Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and
Transportation Latest Major Action: 10/10/2002 Referred to Senate
committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on
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 - Privacy Law Sourcebook 2002
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JUST PUBLISHED!
Privacy Law Sourcebook 2002
606 pages, $40.00
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pls2002/
"The Privacy Law Sourcebook belongs front and center on
the desk of every Information Age lawyer. It provides an
indispensable map to the maze that is modern privacy law."
- Prof. Paul M. Schwartz, Brooklyn Law School
The Privacy Law Sourcebook is the leading resource for students,
attorneys, researchers, and journalists interested in privacy law in
the United States and around the world. It includes the full text of
major privacy laws and directives such as the FCRA, Privacy Act, FOIA,
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Right to Financial Privacy
Act, Privacy Protection Act, Cable Communications Policy Act, ECPA,
Video Privacy Protection Act, OECD Privacy Guidelines, OECD
Cryptography Guidelines, and European Union Data Directive for Data
Protection and Commerce.
The Privacy Law Sourcebook is updated and expanded for 2002 with
information about the USA PATRIOT Act, the full text of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act, recent reports of the Article 29
Working Group, and updated summaries of key statutes for the
non-specialist. Also included is an extensive section on privacy
resources with useful Web sites and contact information for privacy
agencies, organizations, and publications.
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EPIC Publications:
"The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2002: United States Law, International
Law, and Recent Developments," Marc Rotenberg, editor (EPIC 2002).
Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pls2002/
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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"FOIA 2002: Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws," Harry
Hammitt, David Sobel and Mark Zaid, editors (EPIC 2002). Price: $40.
http://www.epic.org/bookstore/foia2002/
This is the standard reference work covering all aspects of the
Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, the Government in the
Sunshine Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 21st
edition fully updates the manual that lawyers, journalists and
researchers have relied on for more than 25 years. For those who
litigate open government cases (or need to learn how to litigate
them), this is an essential reference manual.
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"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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"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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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/
Privacy: A fundamental right with expiry date? Institute of Technology
Assessment (ITA). November 11, 2002. Vienna, Austria. For more
information: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/privconf/
Call for Proposals: November 15, 2002. 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.cfp2003.org/
Human Microchip Implantation: It's More Than Skin Deep. The National
Academies, Christine Mirzayan Internship Program. November 15, 2002.
Washington, DC. For more information: call 202-334-1542, 202-334-1713
or 202-334-3818.
Ninth ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS).
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on
Security, Audit, and Control (SIGSAC). November 18-22, 2002.
Washington, DC. For more information:
http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigsac/ccs/
The New Gatekeepers: A Conference on Free Expression in the Arts.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and National Arts
Journalism Program. November 20-21, 2002. New York, NY. For more
information: http://www.najp.org/conferences/gatekeepers/panels.htm
eSafe Programme 2003-2004 -- Hearing on Options & Requirements.
European Commission. November 27-28, 2002. Kirchberg, Luxembourg. For
more information: http://www.saferinternet.org/news/esafe.asp
International Conference: Privacy: Cost to Resource. Safeguards for
Citizens, Opportunities for Businesses: Advantages of a
Privacy-Oriented Market. Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali
(Italian Data Protection Commission). December 5-6, 2002. Rome, Italy.
For more information: http://www.garanteprivacy.it/
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/
O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference. February 3 - 6, 2003.
San Diego, CA. For more information:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/
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
P&AB's Privacy Practitioners' Workshop and Ninth Annual National
Conference. Privacy & American Business. March 12-14, 2002.
Washington, DC. For more information:
http://www.pandab.org/postcard.pdf
O'Reilly Open Source Convention. July 7-11, 2003. Portland, OR. For
more information: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
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