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Resolved: That the United States federal government should significantly increase protection of privacy in the United States in one or more of the following areas: |
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Privacy
on the Internet
Reason Online (Web page) Where they once concentrated on preserving our freedom to keep files private through encryption, many privacy advocates are now calling for government action to restrict the collection and exchange of information over the Internet. ----- The End of Privacy: I Know What You Did Last Night By Adam L. Penenberg, November 29, 1999 (Forbes cover story) Think you have a secret or two that no one, but no one, can find out? Think again. Computers started to strip you naked, and now the Web is finishing off the job. ----- Cato Institute (Telecom. & Inform Studies web page) The debate about encryption export controls, key escrow, and the alteration of technology to build in surveillance, including CALEA. ------ Nameless in Cyberspace: Anonymity on the Internet by Jonathan D. Wallace, December 8, 1999 (Cato Briefing Paper) Proposals to limit
anonymous communications on the Internet would violate free speech
rights long recognized by the Supreme Court. Anonymous and pseudonymous
speech played a vital role in the founding of this country. Rendering Unto CESA: Clinton's contradictory encryption policy By Mike Godwin, May 2000 (Reason Online) It was September 28, 1999. Some officials from the Clinton administration were briefing the Congressional Internet Caucus, and Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Penn.) was getting visibly angry. ----- Feds: No warrants for Net wiretaps By Mike Brunker, May 17, 2000 (MSNBC) Privacy groups square off with the DOJ in a hearing over whether the FBI needs search warrants to intercept Internet communications and track cell phone users... -----
This section surveys the growth of government databases and controversial methods of gathering information, other than wiretapping. ----- by Jessica Melugin, May 24, 2000 (CEI On Point)The Federal Trade Commission's latest online privacy report, released earlier this week, calls for federal regulation of the way Internet companies collect information. ----- Microsoft, AOL Become Privacy Gatekeepers April 7, 2000 (Forbes article) The browser makers will determine your privacy settings on the Internet. And that doesn't please consumer advocates ... ----- Who Asked the FTC to Regulate Online Privacy? by James K. Glassman, May 29, 2000 (Reason Online) The Federal Trade Commission wants new powers to regulate online privacy, and that's bad news for online consumers. After conducting surveys of consumer websites, the agency has determined that the free market has failed.... ----- The FTC Gets Serious About Online Privacy May 22, 2000 (Forbes article) The Federal Trade Commission has dreamed up its own list of acceptable practices for privacy on the Internet. Now the agency wants to make them into law. -----
by Jessica Melugin, March 1, 2000 (CEI Update Article) The Federal Trade Commission announced to some fanfare recently it would be investigating various health care Web sites, along with Internet advertising agency DoubleClick, Inc., for possible privacy violations. Whatever the merits..... ------ June 1, 1998 (Forbes ASAP article) Privacy Advocates want want to limit the use of cookies. But there are many reasonable uses of cookies that could benefit consumers as well as firms. ------- November 12, 1999 (Forbes article) Some of the biggest forces in the Internet have banded together to form a standard for exchanging customer data. But will it have to pass muster with privacy advocates to succeed. ----- U.S. Perspectives on Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace Ananda Gupta, March 26, 1999 (CEI Speeches & Testimony) Comments submitted to the Federal Trade Commission on March 26, 1999 On the Internet, as in the flesh, there are only two ways for businesses to garner information about an individual's private life. One is for..... ------ Defining Digital Identity: How Do You Define Yourself --and Protect Your Privacy? Electronic Frontier Foundation (Web page) In a networked society, information about us travels at high speeds around the world. Most likely, it's being stored in the databases of companies you've never heard of. And this very private information -- your digital identity -- is not just being captured on the Internet. It's being collected in the physical world also. ----- "Internet Privacy": An Oxymoron in Progress? February 3, 2000 (Privacy Times) A swirl of recent events only seems to confirm fears that consumers cannot trust their privacy to the Internet. There are many sources of the problem: data-hungry Internet firms bent on exploiting personal information; inattention to security and persistent technological glitches; and a growing underground of hackers who are willing to take advantage of the situation. ------ |
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