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The civil right of privacy is a composite of federal and state statutory law, administrative rulings, constitutional innuendo, common law traditions, and activist judicial case rulings. Traditionally, Americans have been concerned with the power of governments, and as those powers grow, so does the individual citizen's need for privacy. Today, the explosion of computer based technology provides the unscrupulous and the fearful with vast opportunities to invade the individual citizen's privacy. | The civil right of privacy is a composite of federal and state statutory law, administrative rulings, constitutional innuendo, common law traditions, and activist judicial case rulings. Traditionally, Americans have been concerned with the power of governments, and as those powers grow, so does the individual citizen's need for privacy. Today, the explosion of computer based technology provides the unscrupulous and the fearful with vast opportunities to invade the individual citizen's privacy. | ||
Revision as of 07:12, 7 November 2004
Title
Privacy and the Internet
Team Members
- John Peterson, UW, User:John
- Jim Jantos, UW, User:Jantos
- Ted Zuvich, UW, User:TedZ
- Ryan Kaneshiro, UW, User:Ryank
Topic Description
This paper will explore the current patchwork set of privacy laws in this country and discuss their limitations in the face of new threats made possible in the Internet era. We will compare US policy to the EU's omnibus privacy laws and consider additional legislation that could be enacted to maintain the integrity of personal information. Alternative solutions such as self-regulation and privacy enhancing technologies will also be considered.
[Tedz]: How about this description? I took some of John's language, since it seemed quite exact. I'm assuming that this page will get edited, mangled, and reworked as we head towards Monday's deadline.
The civil right of privacy is a composite of federal and state statutory law, administrative rulings, constitutional innuendo, common law traditions, and activist judicial case rulings. Traditionally, Americans have been concerned with the power of governments, and as those powers grow, so does the individual citizen's need for privacy. Today, the explosion of computer based technology provides the unscrupulous and the fearful with vast opportunities to invade the individual citizen's privacy. In this report, we present a brief synopsis of the current state of privacy laws in the US, along with an examination of how the current state came to be. We will also present a brief contrast with EU privacy laws, and how they affect the US. We next examine the specific impact of the Internet on privacy in the US. We will discuss current efforts and changes in US law that are aimed specifically at Internet privacy, and survey several Internet-specific privacy threats. In this section, we will highlight several flaws in the US privacy laws that are not adequately addressing Internet issues. In the final section, we we will present a series of recommendations for enhancing and “fixing” current privacy laws as they relate to the Internet and the rapidly burgeoning IT technology of this era.
Subtopics
TBD
Sources
- [Privacy on the Internet: http://reason.com/bipriv.shtml]
- [Privacy and the Internet http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/commentary/content/2000041901.html]
- [[Who Goes There?: Authentication Through the Lens of Privacy]|[1]]
Repositories
- [Electronic Privacy Information Center http://www.epic.org]
- [AIM Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility: http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid]
- [Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://www.eff.org/]
Team Organization
TBD
