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Date 12/16/94
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Volume 1.08 December 16, 1994
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Published by the
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Washington, DC
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Table of Contents: Special Issue: Privacy Resources
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[1] Privacy Organizations
[2] Publications
[3] Net Sites for Privacy
[4] Privacy Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
[5] Donations for EPIC
[6] Upcoming Conferences and Events
A regularly updated version of this issue will be available at
http://epic.digicash.com/epic and at cpsr.org
/cpsr/privacy/epic/privacy_resources.faq.
This issue is also available in html format from http://epic.digicash.com
/epic
Send additions, suggestions to [email protected].
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[1] Privacy Organizations
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Electronic Privacy Information Center. EPIC was established in 1994 to
focus public attention on emerging privacy issues relating to the
National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the
Digital Telephony proposal, medical records privacy and the sale of
consumer data. EPIC conducts litigation, sponsors conferences,
produces reports, publishes the EPIC Alert and leads campaigns on
privacy issues. For more info, email: [email protected], or
HTTP://epic.digicash.com /epic. EPIC, 666 Penn. Ave, SE, Suite 301,
Washington, DC 20003. (202) 544-9240 (tel). Director: Marc Rotenberg.
Privacy International. An international human rights group based in
London, England with offices in Washington, DC and Sydney, Australia.
PI has members in over 40 countries and has led campaigns against
privacy violations in numerous countries including Australia, New
Zealand, and the Philippines. PI publishes the International Privacy
Bulletin and sponsors international conferences on privacy issues.
Email [email protected]. Privacy International c/o EPIC, 666 Penn. Ave, SE,
Suite 301, Washington, DC 20003. Director General: Simon Davies.
US Privacy Council. A coalition of US privacy groups and individuals
founded in 1991 to deal with privacy issues in the US. USPC works in
Washington monitoring legislation and the activities of government
agencies. USPC works closely with other groups on privacy issues
including National ID cards, reforming credit reporting, Caller ID and
international issues. Email: [email protected]. P.O. Box 15060,
Washington, DC 20003. (202) 829-3660 (tel). Chair: Evan Hendricks.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. A California-based organization formed
in 1992. The Clearinghouse has produced many fact sheets and an annual
report, and maintains a toll free hotline to provide advice to
consumers about their rights. Email: [email protected]. 5998 Alcala
Park, San Diego, CA 92110. (619) 260-4806 (tel). 800-773-7748 (in Cal.
only). Director: Beth Givens.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. A national
membership organization of people concerned about the impact of
technology on society. CPSR sponsors an annual conference, maintains
numerous mailing lists on computer-related issues, a large internet
site of information and publishes a quarterly newsletter. It has 24
local chapters across the US and several international affiliates.
CPSR sponsors working groups on civil liberties, working in the
computer industry and others. Contact: [email protected]. PO Box
717, Palo Alto, CA 94301. (415) 322-3778 (tel). Managing Director:
Kathleen Kells.
Internet Society. Group dedicated to fostering evolution of the
Internet and its use. Sponsors yearly conference, publishes excellent
quarterly newsletter, works with standards committees to develop
Internet standards for networking and privacy. Email: [email protected].
http://info.isoc.org/ 12020 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 270, Reston,
VA 22091. (703) 648-9888 (tel). Executive Director: Anthony Rutkowski.
Electronic Frontier Foundation. Formed in 1990. Maintains an Internet
site, publishes an electronic newsletter, and lobbies in Washington.
Email: [email protected]. 1667 K St. NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC
20006-1605 USA 202-347-5400 (tel). Director: Andrew Taubman.
American Civil Liberties Union. National civil liberties organization.
Originally founded in 1920, the ACLU conducts extensive litigation on
Constitutional issues including privacy, and free speech. The ACLU
Washington office lobbies Congress for civil liberties and civil
rights issues. Email: [email protected]. 322 Eighth Ave, New York, NY
10001. Executive Director: Ira Glasser.
Cypherpunks. Informal group that develops technological solutions to
protect privacy. the Cypherpunks write cryptography and other
programs, set up anonymous remailers and discuss political and
technical issues. Meetings are also regularly held in California and
other states. ftp/gopher soda.berkeley.edu
Voters Telecom Watch. NY based cyber-rights lobbying group. In 1994
lobbied against the FBI Wiretap bill and for relaxation of export
controls on cryptography. Affiliated with Society for Electronic
Access. Contact: [email protected]
Society for Electronic Access. NY-based electronic civil liberties
organization promotes "civil liberties and access in cyberspace".
Email: [email protected] or http://www.panix.com/sea. P.O. Box 7081, New
York, NY 10116-7081. (212) 592-3801. President: Simona Nass.
EFF Austin. Austin, TX-based, electronic civil liberties organization
founded in 1990. Purpose is to engage in and support educational
activities that promote a clearer understanding of the social, legal,
and technical issues surrounding online telecommunications. Contact:
[email protected] or (gopher/ftp).zilker.net. Also see newsgroup
austin.eff. PO Box 18957, Austin, TX 78760. President: David Smith.
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[2] Publications
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Privacy Times. Biweekly newsletter on information law. Each issue
covers developments related to privacy and information access,
including summaries of court decisions on the Freedom of Information
Act and other relevant statutes. Editor: Evan Hendricks. Address: P.O.
Box 21501, Washington, DC 21501. (202) 829-3660. Cost: $250/Year
Privacy Journal. A monthly journal on mainly US privacy, now in its
20th year of publication. Editor: Robert Ellis Smith. P.O. Box 28577,
Providence, RI 02908. (401) 274-7861 (tel). Cost: $109/year. The PJ
also publishes numerous books and compendiums on privacy including its
excellent yearly Compilation of State and Federal Laws.
International Privacy Bulletin. Published quarterly by Privacy
International. The IPB covers international trends and new
technologies. Each issue also includes reports from different
countries and reviews of new publications. Editor: Dave Banisar. 666
Penn. Ave, SE #301, Washington, DC 20003. (202) 544-9240 (tel). Cost:
$50/year individuals, $200/year organizations.
Privacy and American Business. Published bi-monthly. A new publication
provides the industry perspective on privacy. Editor: Bob Belair.
Bimonthly with special issues. Two University Plaza, Suite 414,
Hackensack, NJ 07601. (201) 996-1154 (tel). Cost: $395/year.
Full Disclosure. A monthly newspaper on surveillance and civil
liberties issues. Editor: Glen Roberts. Box 734, Antioch, IL 60002.
(708) 395-6200. Cost: $29.95/year.
Low Profile. Asset protection and financial privacy. Published
monthly. Editor: Mark Nestman. P.O. Box 84910, Phoenix, AZ 85701.
702-333-5942 (tel). Cost: $149/year.
Privacy and Security 2001. Technical aspects of privacy and security.
Focuses on electronic surveillance and counter-measures with recent
assaults on privacy highlighted. Editor Jim Ross. 504 Shaw Road, Suite
222, Sterling, VA 20166. (703) 318-8600. 10/year. $35/year.
2600 Magazine. Inside technical information on telephone and computer
network operations. Published quarterly. Editor: Emmanual Goldstein.
Email [email protected]. P.O. Box 752, Middle Island, NY 11953.
Cost:$21/year.
Privacy Law and Policy Reporter. A well written, law-oriented overview
of privacy developments in NZ and Australia. 10 issues/year. Level 11,
Carlton Centre, 55-63 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
61-2-221-6199 (tel). Cost: $AZ 345
Transnational Data and Communications Report. Bimonthly international
overview of privacy, data protection, telecommunications and
information access. Editor: Russell Pipe. P.O. Box 10528, Burke VA
22009-0528. Cost: $280/year.
Privacy Laws and Business. A quarterly comprehensive overview of
privacy issues in Europe. Focuses mainly on regulatory and data
protection from a business perspective. Editor: Stewart Dresner.
Cost: 3 Central Avenue, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 5BT United Kindgom.
44-81-866-8641(tel). $UK 240/year.
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[3] Net Sites
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ACLU On-line Reading Room. Files on civil liberties. ftp/gopher
aclu.org
CPSR Internet Library. Maintains the online archives for CPSR, EPIC
Privacy International and others. FTP/Gopher/WAIS/HTTP cpsr.org /cpsr
Cypherpunks. Archives on cryptography and other privacy technologies.
ftp/gopher soda.berkeley.edu
Electronic Frontier Foundation Archives. Archives on privacy, free
speech, underground newsletters. http://WWW.eff.org, FTP: ftp.eff.org
Electronic Privacy Information Center. Includes back issues of EPIC
Alert, privacy resources, legislation, and articles.
http://www.epic.digicash.com/
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. http://www.manymedia.com/prc/ E-mail:
[email protected]. Gopher: gopher.acusd.edu FTP:ftp.acusd.edu.
Telnet: teetot.acusd.edu (local> c teetot, login: privacy). BBS:
619-260-4670 (same login as telnet).
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[4] Electronic Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
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Unmoderated Newsgroups and mailing lists:
Alt.privacy. Unmoderated discussion on privacy. High traffic, low
content.
Alt.privacy clipper. Unmoderated discussion of the Clipper chip and
encryption policy.
Comp.org.cpsr.talk. Unmoderated discussion of issues related to the
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. Topics include
privacy, the NII, telecommunications reform and social implications of
technology.
Comp.org.eff.talk. Unmoderated discussion of issues related to the
Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Cypherpunks Mailing list. Discussion of cryptography and technical
protections of privacy. Warning: High Traffic (100+ messages/day).
Sci.crypt. Unmoderated technical discussion of encryption.
talk.politics.crypto. Unmoderated discussion of the Clipper chip and
encryption policy.
Moderated Newsletters and Digests:
EPIC Alert. Biweekly electronic newsletter of the Electronic Privacy
Information Center. Mail to [email protected]. 1st line: subscribe
cpsr-announce. Back issues at cpsr.org /cpsr/alert and
http://www.epic.digicash.com/
CPSR-Global. A new CPSR sponsored mailing list on Global information
infrastructure issues. Moderator: Marsha Woodbury. To subscribe, email
[email protected] with the 1st line: subscribe cpsr-global
Risks Digest. Moderated digest on risks to the public using computers
and related systems. Newsgroup: comp.risk. Also available as mailing
list from email: [email protected] 1st line: SUBSCRIBE. Back
Issues at ftp unix.sri.com /risks. Moderator: Peter Neumann.
Computer Privacy Digest. Moderated digest on privacy. Newsgroup:
comp.society.privacy. at wam.uwm.edu. Moderator: Len Levine. To
Subscribe, email: [email protected], 1st line "subscribe"
Back issues gopher: gopher.cs.uwm.edu, ftp: ftp.cs.uwm.edu/comp-priv.
Computer Underground Digest. Weekly moderated digest on computer
underground, privacy, free speech issues. Newsgroup:
comp.society.cu-digest. Email at [email protected], 1st line:
SUB CUDIGEST <your name>. Back issues at etext.archive.umich.edu
/pub/CuD/. Moderator: Jim Thomas.
Computer Privacy Forum. Moderated digest on privacy sponsored by ACM.
To subscribe, send message: help to [email protected]. Back
issues at ftp.vortex.com /privacy or http://www.vortex.com/.
Moderator: Lauren Weinstein.
Comp.org.cpsr.announce. Moderated mailing list for CPSR. Includes EPIC
Alert, and other CPSR newsletters and releases. Also available as
mailing list. See EPIC Alert for subscription info.
VTW Announce. Moderated mailing list of Voters Telecomm Watch. Email
[email protected], 1st line of the message: SUBSCRIBE VTW-ANNOUNCE
<your name>.
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[5] Contributions to EPIC
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If you'd like to support the work of the Electronic Privacy
Information Center, contributions are welcome and fully
tax-deductible. Checks should be made out to "The Fund for
Constitutional Government" and sent to EPIC, 666 Pennsylvania Ave.,
SE, Suite 301, Washington DC 20003.
Your contributions will help support Freedom of Information Act
litigation, strong and effective advocacy for the right of privacy and
efforts to oppose Clipper and Digital Telephony wiretapping proposals.
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[6] Upcoming Privacy Related Conferences and Events
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1995 Data Security Conference. Jan 9-11, 1995. Redwood City, CA.
Sponsored by RSA Data Security. Contact: [email protected].
Second International Conference on Information Warfare: "Chaos on the
Electronic Superhighway" Jan 18-19, Montreal, CA. January 18, 1995,
Sponsored by NCSA. Contact: Mich Kabay ([email protected]).
Privacy, The Information Infrastructure and Healthcare Reform, Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH, Jan. 27. Contact:
[email protected].
Towards an Electronic Patient Record '95. Orlando, FL. Mar. 14-19,
1995. Sponsored by Medical Records Institute. Contact: 617-964-3926
(fax).
Access, Privacy, and Commercialism: When States Gather Personal
Information, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, March 17.
Contact: Trotter Hardy 804 221-3826.
Computers, Freedom and Privacy '95. Palo Alto, Ca. Mar. 28-31, 1995.
Sponsored by ACM. Contact: [email protected].
ETHICOMP95: An international conference on the ethical issues of
using Information Technology, DeMontfort University, Leicester,
ENGLAND, March 28-30, 1995. Contact: Simon Rogerson [email protected] 44
533 577475 (phone) 44 533 541891 (Fax).
1995 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Oakland, CA, May 8-10.
Contact: [email protected].
INET '95. Honolulu, HI. June 28-30, 1995. Sponsored by the Internet
Society. Contact [email protected].
Key Players in the Introduction of Information Technology: Their
Social Responsibility and Professional Training. July 5-6-7, 1995.
Namur, Belgium. Sponsored by CREIS. Contact: [email protected].
(Send calendar submissions to [email protected])
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The EPIC Alert is a free biweekly publication of the Electronic
Privacy Information Center. To subscribe, send the message:
SUBSCRIBE CPSR-ANNOUNCE Firstname Lastname
to [email protected]. You may also receive the Alert by reading the
USENET newsgroup comp.org.cpsr.announce.
Back issues are available via FTP/WAIS/Gopher/HTTP from cpsr.org
/cpsr/alert and on Compuserve at Keyword: NCSA, Library 2
(EPIC/Ethics). A HTML version of the current issue is available from
epic.digicash.com/epic
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The Electronic Privacy Information Center is a public interest
research center in Washington, DC. It was established in 1994 to
focus public attention on emerging privacy issues relating to the
National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the
Digital Telephony proposal, medical record privacy, and the sale of
consumer data. EPIC is sponsored by the Fund for Constitutional
Government and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. EPIC
publishes the EPIC Alert and EPIC Reports, pursues Freedom of
Information Act litigation, and conducts policy research on emerging
privacy issues. For more information, email [email protected], WWW at
HTTP://epic.digicash.com /epic or write EPIC, 666 Pennsylvania Ave.,
SE, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20003. (202) 544-9240 (tel), (202)
547-5482 (fax).
The Fund for Constitutional Government is a non-profit organization
established in 1974 to protect civil liberties and constitutional
rights. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is a national
membership organization of people concerned about the impact of
technology on society. For information contact: [email protected]
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Subject: EPIC Alert 1.08
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David Banisar ([email protected]) * 202-544-9240 (tel)
Electronic Privacy Information Center * 202-547-5482 (fax)
666 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Suite 301 * ftp/gopher/wais/HTTP
Washington, DC 20003 * cpsr.org /cpsr/privacy/epic