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Public attitudes toward medical privacy
Source: Institute for Health Freedom/The Gallup Organization
Country: United States
E-mail: feedback@forhealthfreedom.com

Gallup survey commissioned by the Institute for Health Freedom finds that Americans are very concerned about their right to medical privacy being infringed upon by governments and HMOs. Get all the details in HTML or Adobe Acrobat formats. (9/26/00)

Personal privacy in a transparent society
Source: NCPA
Author: Devon Herrick
Country: United States

"There are no easy solutions to protect the privacy of consumer information from those wishing to profit from its use. There are, however, risks to our constitutional rights from formulating bad policy that restricts speech." (04/27/01)

Governing Internet privacy: a free-market primer
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: Justin Matlick
Country: United States

The profit motive drives online businesses to protect consumers' privacy, because they know that they will lose customers if they don't. In contrast, politicians seek to "protect" consumers from online businesses (at the same time that the government itself intrudes on your privacy, of course). (7/99)

Strong Cryptography: The Global Tide of Change
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Arnold G. Reinhold
Country: United States

This paper states that "encryption technology will prove vital to the future of electronic commerce;" government's attempt at restriction is futile and should be abandoned. The paper is available in PDF format. (9/16/99)

The evolving technologies of Internet privacy
Source: NCPA
Author: Gregory F. Rehmke
Country: United States

"Entrepreneurial firms are rushing to offer a variety of products to serve Internet advertising and data-gathering firms on the one hand and individuals and groups with privacy concerns on the other. The competitive marketplace is searching for the amount of privacy that people want and are willing to pay for." (04/27/01)

Privacy in a free country
Source: NCPA
Author: Solveig Singleton
Country: United States

"Cultural, legal and technological changes have created the perception of a privacy crisis. ... As a general rule, there is not, and never has been, any real problem with continuing to embrace people's ability to learn about other people." (04/01)

Privacy on the Internet: The Best Policy Is No Policy at All
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Justin Matlick
Country: United States

In the debate over government's role on the Internet, online privacy is the latest issue to take center stage. Until recently, legislators have taken a hands-off approach, waiting for online businesses to self-regulate and alleviate privacy concerns on their own. But Washington's patience is waning, and the 106th Congress will likely consider an onslaught of regulations. (8/99)

Nameless in Cyberspace: Anonymity on the Internet
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Jonathan D. Wallace
Country: United States

"Proposals to limit anonymous communications on the Internet would violate free speech rights long recognized by the Supreme Court." This study looks at the history of anonymous speech in America. The report is available in Adobe PDF. (12/8/99)

A national ID system: Big Brother's solution to illegal immigration
Source: Cato Institute
Author: John J. Miller and Stephen Moore
Country: United States

Hostility to illegal immigrants spurred Congress to consider an authoritarian national ID system for Americans. (5/15/00)

Making the rules, breaking the rules: how the 'White House for kids' Web site violates federal privacy policy
Source: Privacilla.org
Country: United States
E-mail: comments@privacilla.org

Is there anything more satisfying than seeing government agents hoisted on their own petard? The pro-privacy, free-market Privacilla.org shows how the 'White House Web site for kids' violates aspects of the Children Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, and concludes that government -- not private groups -- is the biggest invader of privacy. (10/00)

Voter attitudes toward privacy policy
Source: Association for Competitive Technology
Country: United States

This Voter / Consumer Research poll looked at the attitudes of voters toward on-line privacy. It concludes that privacy is a priority but not a top priority. (06/01)

Human bar code: Monitoring biometric technologies in a free society
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
Country: United States

Executive summary of a report examining the spectrum of possible biometric applications. Crews argues that some uses are good for us. (Full report available as a PDF file) (09/17/02)

New report from CEI on privacy surveys
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Solveig Singleton and Jim Harper
Country: United States

New study out by CEI shows that one of the most frequently used kinds of evidence in the debate over privacy regulations – the consumer survey – is at best a flawed tool for policy making. (06/22/01)

Keeping secrets in the digital age
Source: Hoover Digest
Author: Bruce Berkowitz
Country: United States
E-mail: hoover@free-market.net

"To prevent the transfer abroad of sensitive technology, the United States has imposed drastic export controls. They don't work. Bruce Berkowitz offers a different approach." (Spring, 2001)

Privacy from government in a transparent society
Source: NCPA
Author: Devon Herrick
Country: United States

"Individuals face a greater threat to their privacy from government than from the private sector. ... If a business refuses to keep private information about one's consumer preferences secure, consumers can take their business elsewhere. But they hardly have the same opportunity when it comes to the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Internal Revenue Service." (07/30/01)

Consumer privacy: a free-choice approach
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: Sonia Arrison
Country: United States

How do we strike a balance between protecting Americans and protecting American civil liberties? PRI released a new study on consumer privacy that outlines many of the civil liberties issues that are at stake, and analyzes the many different arguments surrounding the privacy debate. (09/01)

Watching you: Systematic federal surveillance of Ordinary Americans
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Charlotte Twight
Country: United States

This report examines the inevitable consequences of the federal government's increasing surveillance of American citizens. It is available in Adobe PDF. (10/01)

Consumer privacy in the electronic marketplace
Source: NLCPI
Country: United States

A National Legal Center for the Public Interest monograph on the issues surrounding internet privacy and data protection. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) (08/01/01)

The truth about the modified, final federal medical privacy rule
Source: Institute for Health Freedom
Author: Sue Blevins
Country: United States

"The result will be that each patient's visit to a doctor or hospital will be easily tracked. ... With just a click of a mouse, it will be much easier to access and share individuals' records with many third parties. That is why all Americans should become informed about the federal medical privacy rule and demand the right to control their most personal information..." (10/21/02)

Intelligence and the new threat: The USA PATRIOT Act and information sharing between the intelligence and law enforcement communities
Source: The Federalist Society
Author: Brian H. Hook, Margaret J. A. Peterlin, and Peter L. Welsh
Country: United States

This report examines the critical issue of information sharing between the intelligence and law enforcement communities in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. It is available in Adobe PDF. (12/01)

Federal agencies' controls over SSN access, disclosure, and use
Source: Social Security Administration
Country: United States

Office of the Inspector General review of 15 federal agencies for privacy policies regarding SSN disclosure to "external entities". Not surprisingly, the results are dismal for privacy. (PDF file) (2/03)

CEI OnPoint, no. 89
Source: CEI
Author: Jim Harper
Country: United States

"RFID Tags and Privacy: How Bar-Codes-On-Steroids Are Really a 98-Lb. Weakling" (6/04) (PDF file)

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