Internet and Society 1999
The Technologies and Politics of Control
Readings for Week 4
Privacy: Personal Activities
in “Other” Environments
Guests for this week: David Sobel (EPIC) & Jim Gavel (Birch Tree)
Readings:
What is privacy?
NetSee Advertisement, How Much Do You Spend On Sex?
Lawrence Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Chapter 10: Privacy, (Final Draft June 1, 1999).
Self-Regulation?
Lawrence Lessig, Coding Privacy, The Industry Standard, May 21, 1999 http://www.thestandard.com/articles/display/0,1449,4620,00.html
Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship: A Skeptical View of Proposals to Regulate Privacy in the Private Sector, Cato Policy Analysis No. 295, January 22, 1998. http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html
Andrew Shapiro, Privacy for Sale: Peddling Data on the Internet, The Nation, June 23, 1997.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, The Pink Book, Fall 1998 (excerpts) http://www.fas.harvard.edu/computing/guides/network/pink_book_98.pdf
Summary of Law:
Baekkelund et al., A Framework for Privacy Protection, Read Only – Current and Proposed Regulatory Frameworks: Law (December 10, 1998).
Technical Approaches and Problems:
W3C, The Platform for Privacy Preferences: P3P Note, November 6, 1998 http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-P3P-CACM/
(Browse) Intel serial number controversy
http://www.bigbrotherinside.com
Boston in May:
Joseph Mallia, Waste.com, The Boston Herald, May 12, 1999.
Joann Muller, Troubles on the Internet, The Boston Globe, May 23, 1999.
Matthew Brelis, Getting Caught, The Boston Globe, May 30, 1999.
Optional:
Introduction
Jerry Kang, Information Privacy in Cyberspace Transactions, 50 Stan. L. Rev. 1193 (1998), especially parts I, II(B)-(C).
Government Initiatives and Law
1999 FTC Report http://www.ftc.gov/os/1999/9907/privacy99.pdf
European Data Directive
http://www.cdt.org/privacy/eudirective/EU_Directive_.html
U.S. government response to Data Directive
http://www.ita.doc.gov/ecom/menu.htm (browse)