Annotated Bibliography
Privacy and government
by Karlotta Jobe
October 3, 2001

The final bill is jointly composed by the Senate and the House. The House of Representatives approved the bill for the Federal Government to be in charge of airport security without turning the 28,000 baggage and passenger screeners into federal workers. The Department of Transportation would create an agency to oversee security on airplanes, trains, ships, and other modes of transportation. The federal government would train, test, and supervise baggage and passenger screener.

Bedell, Doug. Individuals Clash with Bosses, Government, and E-tailers on Privacy. The Dallas Morning News. May 10, 2001 .

This article discusses different aspects of privacy to several groups of people and organizations. Increasing Internet usage as an emerging business utility, Microsoft, IBM, American Express and other firms have begun creating an executive position called Chief Privacy Officer. ' According to American Management Associations, 80% of major U.S. companies keep tabs on employees by checking their e-mails, Internet and telephone connections, or by videotaping them at work. ' President Clinton (1999) signed a bill that allowed the merging of financial data. It permitted banks, brokerages, and insurance companies under the same roof to share customer information. ' Microsoft released a software patch for Internet Explorer that allows computer users to automatically block third-party cookies (small files planted by Web pages on computers) from advertisers. Earlier this year there was an executive order that banned cookies on federal Web sites.

Gormley, Michael. N.Y. Begins Enforcing Cell Phone Bans. Associated Press. Nov.01, 2001

New York State Cellular Phone Legislation is effective November 1, 2001 . Routine use of cellular telephone while driving is prohibited in New York . (Law section 1225c) Beginning Nov. 01, police may stop and issue verbal warnings to violators. Beginning Dec. 01, 2001 violators may be issued a ticket for traffic infraction resulting in a fine up to 1,000 dollars.

The Federal Trade Commission stated that theft is hampering full growth of electronic commerce. 61% of people who surf the Internet do not make purchases because of their fear for there security of their private information. There is legislation to create a bipartisan privacy protection commission focusing on online privacy, identifying theft, and the protection of health, medical, financial, and government records.

Gindin, Susan. (Panelist) Ethics in Information Technology Practice. Technology and Law Forum Committee. Denver (Feb.17, 1999)

This discussion talks about the emergence of the Internet and how we will manage personal information in cyberspace ethically.

Gindin, Susan. Lost and Found in Cyberspace: Information Privacy Rights. A law review. San Diego , CA . 1998

This article discusses how privacy can be invaded electronically, tools and procedures that are available to help protect individual privacy and proposed fair information practice guidelines.

Holland, Jesse. Terrorism Bill Promises Stiff Enforcement. Associated Press. Oct. 29, 2001

Oct. 26^th Bush signs an anti-terrorism bill into law giving police and intelligence agencies vast new powers. The FBI's expansion on wiretapping and electronic surveillance authority is deemed O.K. The bill gives police a wide range of new anti-terrorism powers to secretly search people's homes and business records and to eavesdrop on telephone and computer conversations. There was a 4 year cap placed on parts of the legislation because of possible abuse of the powers. There was only one democrat to vote against the bill. He states, “This bill does not strike the right balance between empowering law enforcement and protecting civil liberties.”

Judicial panel recommends limited access to court files online. Documents in civil cases should be made available electronically to the same extent that they are available at the court house, but that the documents be expunged of certain personal information, like social security number and financial accounts. However, they also suggest that documents in bankruptcy cases files should be available electronically with similar policy changes for personal identifiers. The committee suggests that the public should not be able to access criminal record.

Smith, Joseph. From Cradle to Grave: Government Records and Your Privacy. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. July 2001

Department of Motor Vehicle records:

Confidential portions include your social security, home address, and medical information, however can be released to insurance companies, banks, attorneys, and process servers.

Stafford, Ned. Echelon Gave Authorities Warning of Attacks. FAZ. Sept. 13, 2001

Echelon surveillance system is a spy network that is thought to be operated by the ' US , ' Canada , Australia , and New Zealand . No government agency has ever confirmed or denied its existence. Echelon is capable of monitoring all electronic communications in the world. It uses keyword search techniques to sift through enormous amounts of information.

www.aclu.org/privacy ACLU- Defend Your Data: What they do know can hurt you.

Discussion of support for the medical records privacy legislation introduced this month (Oct.) in both the House and the Senate. There are no consistent or coherent medical privacy policies currently in the ' U.S.A. Survey results on this web-site state that 35% of Fortune 500 companies check medical records before they hire or promote. 10% of 6,000 companies used genetic testing for employment purposes.

This web-site answers questions about the Personal Privacy Protection Law. Specific questions that are addressed are as follows: 1. If I have records in an agency can I request my records? 2. Can I obtain all records the state has about me? 3. Can one state agency get information about me from another state agency? 4. What information can the state collect from me? 5. Is there a central source or one state agency that keeps all information about me? No

www.epic.org/privacy Carnivore, July 11, 2000.

FBI Internet monitoring system called “Carnivore” was widely reported in July. This system was installed at the facilities of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and can monitor all traffic moving through that ISP. Because the details remain secret, the public is left to trust the FBI's characterization of the system.

www.Liberties@risk

This link is a web-based campaign that discloses how the current “Big Brother” attitude of our government poses a threat to your rights.

www.UCAN Children in Cyberspace: A privacy resource guide for parents (May, 2001).

10 million youth ­ 14% of ' US children are online and that number is expected to reach 42 million by 2002. This guide presents a ton of information on how to protect children form a variety of Internet dangers.