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	Email Privacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Determining an employee's reasonable privacy expectations is based upon the custom and practice in each particular workplace.
		The court ruled that regardless of the company's statements, it was not reasonable for an employee to expect privacy in email sent to a supervisor over a company email system.
		A court ruled that the employee had no expectation of privacy because the government had a long-standing government policy permitting audits of computer hard drives.
	www.nolo.com /encyclopedia/articles/ilaw/email_privacy.html (1738 words)

	Privacy
		Despite controversy over Douglas' opinion, the constitutional privacy right was soon cited to overturn a ban against interracial marriage, to allow individuals to possess obscene matter in their own homes, and to allow distribution of contraceptive devices to individuals, both married and single.
		The right to privacy, on her view, is “derivative” in the sense that there is no need to find what is common in the cluster of privacy rights.
		By characterizing privacy as a necessary context for love, friendship and trust, Fried is basing his account on a moral conception of persons and their personalities, on a Kantian notion of the person with basic rights and the need to define and pursue one's own values free from the impingement of others.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/privacy (6214 words)

	Privacy and Publicity Rights
		While copyright protects the copyright holder's property rights in the work or intellectual creation, privacy and publicity rights protect the interests of the person(s) who may be the subject(s) of the work or intellectual creation.
		The privacy right or interest of the subject is personal in character, that the subject and his/her likeness not be cast before the public eye without his/her consent, the right to be left alone.
		The publicity right of the subject is that their image may not be commercially exploited without his/her consent and potentially compensation.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/copothr.html (651 words)

	Privacy and Human Rights - Overview
		Privacy is a key value which underpins human dignity and other key values such as freedom of association and freedom of speech.
		For numerous Anglo-Saxon and French authors, the right to respect "private life" is the right to privacy, the right to live, as far as one wishes, protected from publicity.
		Several principles of data protection are strengthened under the Directives, namely the right to know where the data originated, the right to have inaccurate data rectified, a right of recourse in the event of unlawful processing and the right to withhold permission to use data in some circumstances.
	www.gilc.org /privacy/survey/intro.html (7643 words)

	About the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
		Advocate for consumers' privacy rights in local, state, and federal public policy proceedings, including legislative testimony, regulatory agency hearings, task forces, and study commissions as well as conferences and workshops.
		The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse was originally established in 1992 with funding from the Telecommunications Education Trust (TET), a program of the California Public Utilities Commission.
		The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and its affiliated Identity Theft Resource Center were honored with a year-2000 award from the Foundation for Improvement of Justice (www.justiceawards.com) for their work with identity theft victims.
	www.privacyrights.org /about_us.htm (1458 words)

	00.03.06: Privacy Issues and Disabled Persons
		However, the right to privacy in the United States is a concept recognized by the principles embodied in the Federal Constitution and by courts and lawmaking bodies.
		Traditionally the right to privacy focused on protection from intrusion by the government into an individual's house or property that resulted in measurable injury.
		The right of privacy began to be recognized as a legal concept in U.S. constitutional law and in the law of torts.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/3/00.03.06.x.html (6575 words)

	Privacy & Human Rights
		Each year, Privacy International and the Electronic Privacy Information Center review the state of privacy in over fifty countries around the world.
		The report finds that there is a worldwide regocnition of privacy as a fundamental human right.
		However at the same time, privacy is increasingly being undermined by technical advances and the demands of intelligence and law enforcement agencies for increase surveillance powers.
	www.privacy.org /pi/survey (139 words)

	Privacy and Technology Theme Page
		A document exploring the impact on an individual's right to privacy in the US from other people who have access to information available on databases.
		Privacy Playground: The First Adventure of the Three Little CyberPigs An interactive game for grade 1-3 students designed to teach them how to spot and avoid on-line dangers and threats.
		Teaching Resources on Privacy Lessons plans and free teaching kits for helping to teach elementary and secondary students a critical awareness about privacy and the security of their personal information.
	www.cln.org /themes/privacy.html (896 words)

	Electronic Privacy Rights: The Workplace
		Courts have held that it is a tortuous invasion of privacy for an employer to monitor employee telephone conversions.
		Cases have often turned upon whether this belief was reasonable given the fact that the employer had the ability all along to access the files, though the employees were not aware of this.
		Also, where privacy is an issue, employees and employers can create a more productive work environment if they work together to jointly develop a Policy Statement that balances the legitimate interests of both the employer and the employees.
	www.lectlaw.com /files/emp41.htm (1099 words)

	Privacy.org - The Source for News, Information, and Action
		Citing privacy concerns, FEMA has rejected a request by Texas officials for access to its database of the more than 100,000 evacuees who have registered for state aid, according to the governor's office.
		Genetics policy specialists and privacy rights groups say that the I.B.M. pledge to its more than 300,000 employees worldwide appears to be the first such move by a major corporation.
		The new policy, which comes as Congress is considering legislation on genetic privacy, is a response to the growing trend in medical research to focus on a person's genetic propensity for disease in hopes of tailoring treatments to specific medical needs.
	www.privacy.org (745 words)

	Privacy Policy for ESPN
		This Privacy Policy applies to use and sharing of personally identifiable information collected on and after the date that this Privacy Policy is posted.
		This Privacy Policy applies to all personally identifiable information that we collect, on or after the effective date of this Privacy Policy, from individuals who provide us such information for the purpose of obtaining from us a product or service primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
		If we amend this Privacy Policy to permit material changes in the way we collect, use and/or share your personal information, we will notify you of such changes by sending you an e-mail at the last e-mail address that you provided to us, and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our Web site.
	disney.go.com /corporate/privacy/pp_espn.html (5307 words)

	You've Got Spam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		U.S. corporations is currently $9 to $10 billion a year.) And, unlike direct mailers, who eventually stop if few people respond, spammers who get even a tiny return are motivated to spam forever, because spamming is so cheap.
		Every ISP pays for the right to operate on the Net by purchasing bandwidth, the "space" it uses to transmit over the Internet.
		For more about the war on spam, visit the Coalition Against Unsolicited Email (CAUCE) at www.cauce.org, Death to Spam at http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/nospam.html, Spam Laws at www.spamlaws.com, or the Electronic Privacy Information Center at www.epic.org/privacy/junk_mail/spam.
	www.nolo.com /encyclopedia/articles/ilaw/gotspam.html?type=topbar&Keyw... (1107 words)

	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.
		These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level.
		Parents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records which they believe to be inaccurate or misleading.
	www.ed.gov /policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa (471 words)

	GM - Privacy Statement
		Your privacy is important to General Motors Corporation (GM), as is your trust in GM products and services.
		Some GM websites have supplemental information on privacy, and others have their own privacy statements, which may be accessed at those websites.
		Privacy Inquiries - For inquiries about how the information you submit to the Investor Information portion of the site or to GM Stockholder Services is handled, please call 313-667-1432.
	www.gm.com /privacy (2115 words)

	Human Rights Watch Privacy Policy
		Human Rights Watch does not currently combine data provided by our users - for example, your address when you're buying a book and your email address when subscribing to a listserv - into one master database.
		This privacy policy is valid as of the date at the top of the policy.
		We do not monitor or control the information collection or privacy practices of these or any other third parties, and are not responsible for their practices or the content of their websites.
	www.hrw.org /about/privacy.htm (1118 words)

	Privacy & Human Rights 2002
		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 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.
	pi.gn.apc.org /survey/phr2002 (234 words)

	Your Privacy Rights
		The eleven Information Privacy Principles in the federal Privacy Act protect your personal information and give you rights in the way Commonwealth and ACT government agencies handle your information.
		The ten National Privacy Principles in the federal Privacy Act protect your personal information and give you rights in the way private sector organisations, including some small businesses and all private health service providers handle the information.
		Generally, the federal Privacy Act does not apply to State or Territory agencies apart from ACT government agencies.The State Privacy Laws give you more information about other privacy laws in Australia.
	www.privacy.gov.au /privacy_rights (249 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Privacy Rights Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In our technologically advanced world, sensitive information about you--from your medical history to your net worth--can be collected without your knowledge and sold to the highest bidder that information may have been taken from records without your permission, or you may have unwittingly revealed it yourself in the course of a normal day.
		Beth Givens, founder of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, gives you all the information you need to be aware of threats to your privacy and to be assertive about protecting it.
		The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is based in San Diego, California.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380786842?v=glance (642 words)

	LII: Law about...the Right of Publicity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the United States, the Right of Publicity is largely protected by state common or statutory law.
		Of these, many do not recognize a right by that name but protect it as part of the Right of Privacy.
		Under the Restatement's formulation, the invasion of the Right of Publicity is most similar to the unauthorized appropriation of one's name or likeness.
	www.law.cornell.edu /topics/publicity.html (290 words)

	EFF: Privacy / Web Marketing
		Calls for a "Right to Safety", a "Right to be Informed", and a "Right to Choose".
		File containing bill S.984, 'Consumer Workplace Privacy Bill, introduced in the US Senate, May, 1993, to prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace, and for other purposes.
		The case, if it goes Avrahami's way, could have an immensely beneficial effect on privacy, if widely influential in other jurisdictions, by finally establishing an individual's proprietary interest in their own personally identifiable information.
	www.eff.org /Privacy/Marketing (624 words)

	Privacy International
		Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations.
		PI Senior Fellow Gus Hosein gave a speech at the 27th International Privacy Commissioners conference in Montreux, Switzerland, outlining the strategies for enhancing privacy rights in the age of anti-terrorism law and policy.
		Privacy International and European Digital Rights have sent an urgent letter today to the UK Presidency and the European Commissioners for Justice and Media to show restraint in tomorrow's extraordinary JHA Council.
	www.privacyinternational.org (2605 words)

	Welcome to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		UCAN members are entitled to priority access in the event of a privacy problem.
		They also explain the public policy environment surrounding a variety of informational privacy issues and indicate where consumers do and do not have legal protection.
		Privacy Links section, we present a broad range of links to the web sites of privacy advocates, publications, academicians, and numerous other resources.
	www.ucan.org /prc/prc4ucan.htm (419 words)

	EFF: Homepage
		EFF is a nonprofit group of passionate people — lawyers, technologists, volunteers, and visionaries — working to protect your digital rights.
		The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has criticized a European Commission group for assuming that digital rights management (DRM) is the only way to foster development of the home audiovisual market.
		On Wednesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals supporting Volusia County, Florida, in an ongoing legal battle to permit the County to consider voting systems that are both accessible to the disabled and auditable for everyone.
	www.eff.org (828 words)

	Sun Microsystems - Sun Online Privacy Policy
		As of January 1, 2005, Sun Microsystems updated its Privacy Policy to include information on the privacy rights of the citizens of the State of California.
		We are committed to privacy and, through our membership in the Online Privacy Alliance, are actively involved in and support current industry initiatives to preserve individual privacy rights on the Internet.
		Should the Online Privacy Policy change, we intend to take every reasonable step to ensure that these changes are brought to your attention by posting all changes prominently on our web site for a reasonable period of time.
	www.sun.com /privacy (1141 words)

	Consumer Action - Privacy Rights Publications [English]
		Privacy abuses are on the increase, including credit fraud and identity theft, a fast-growing crime in which an impostor applies for credit under a victim's name.
		Your Privacy Online - and Offline explains the concept of personal privacy and why it is important to be careful about who has access to your personal information.
		Two new publications ("Protecting Financial Privacy in the New Millennium: The Burden Is on You" and "How to Read Your "Opt-Out" Notices") are available from The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse on the important topic of how to safeguard your financial information.
	www.consumer-action.org /English/library/privacy_rights/index.php (1246 words)

	Data Privacy \| Managing the Digital Enterprise \| Professor Michael Rappa
		But others doubt this, and contend that government intervention is needed to protect the rights of consumers and enforce protection rules.
		Managing data privacy is further complicated by the global nature of the Web.
		The European Union's Directive on Data Privacy enacted in 1998 is a case in point.
	digitalenterprise.org /privacy/privacy.html (875 words)

	NBA.com Network Privacy Policy
		This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes the personally identifiable information we gather about you on the NBA.com Network, what we do with it, and the safeguards we have in place to protect it.
		Please review the privacy policies, which are posted on the Third Party Sections and govern the collection of personally identifiable information through those Third Party Sections.
		Registration for these features is pursuant to the privacy policies of the third parties operating the web sites on which registration occurs.
	www.nba.com /news/privacy_policy.html (3416 words)

	Office for Civil Rights - Privacy of Health Records
		The privacy provisions of the federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), apply to health information created or maintained by health care providers who engage in certain electronic transactions, health plans, and health care clearinghouses.
		The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is the Departmental component responsible for implementing and enforcing the privacy regulation.
		Covered entities (certain health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses) are not required to comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule until the compliance date.
	www.hhs.gov /ocr/hipaa/bkgrnd.html (344 words)

	Take CDT's Privacy Quiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Privacy stories in the news — Do they have anything to do with you and your privacy?
		Recent sensational stories in the national media have highlighted the state of privacy.
		Many people have been shocked by just how limited are the protections accorded to what most Americans would consider the details of their private lives.
	www.cdt.org /privacy/quiz (115 words)

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