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PC World October 9, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Report Card on the Patriot Act In its first year, the controversial Patriot Act -- which gives federal investigators unprecedented access to Americans' online communications -- has been effective while respecting privacy, federal officials say. Privacy watchdogs say failures and problems aren't publicized.
InternetNews May 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Democrats Call for Privacy Czar A new bill would mandate federal privacy officer to balance civil liberties with homeland security concerns.
PC World October 17, 2002 Michelle Madigan	DOJ Describes Its Cybersurveillance (Sort Of) Congressional inquiry satisfied, but some want more details about how Patriot Act power is being used.
Information Today August 6, 2012 Barbie E. Keiser	Cybersecurity and Privacy Concerns at the Highest Levels of Government Ensuring the privacy and security of personal information collected by federal government agencies and preventing cyberattacks in the future is a responsibility of government that all Americans can support.
Reason April 2002 Jeremy Lott	Fake IDs Facial recognition technology is often billed as a tradeoff between privacy and security. A recent American Civil Liberties Union report suggests that it's closer to a no-win deal, resulting in less privacy and precious little added security...
Information Today May 3, 2012 Paula J. Hane	Online Consumer Privacy in the Spotlight Choose Privacy Week is being held May 1-7, 2012. The theme is "Freedom from Surveillance." The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom established Choose Privacy Week to deepen public awareness about this issue. The event is timely with many privacy issues like CISPA in the news.
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Ed Sutherland	AT&T Draws Ire Over Privacy Update Privacy policy clarifications come as AT&T heads back into court.
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Momentum Builds for Updating Privacy Act Government, advocacy groups call for Congress and agencies to modernize the way citizens' personal information is handled.
Information Today April 21, 2011 George H. Pike	House and Senate Propose Online Privacy 'Bill of Rights' Legislation The face of online privacy could change dramatically if legislation recently introduced in Congress becomes law.
PC Magazine June 25, 2010 Chloe Albanesius	Senate 'Internet Kill Switch' Bill Moves Forward A Senate committee on Thursday approved a cyber-security bill that has prompted concern.
Information Today December 9, 2014 George H. Pike	FOIA Reform Gets Key Senate Endorsement The Senate's FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 (and the House's similar bill) seeks to move the administration's "presumption of openness" from mere encouragement to federal law.
CIO June 15, 2004 Ben Worthen	RFID Laws on Deck With widespread adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags under way, privacy advocates are pushing for regulations on these tiny computer chips that can track information about the products they are attached to.
PC World April 16, 2001 David Clarke	Internet Privacy: A Matter of Competition? Privacy policy debate considers legislation, self-regulation, and letting the market decide...
Fast Company July 2001 Erika Germer	Chief Privacy Officer Job Titles of the Future: It's no secret that consumer privacy is a weighty concern -- especially for a company with 90 million customers. That's why AT&T named Michael Lamb its first chief privacy officer. Lamb wants to make privacy a priority that's out in the open...
CIO January 1, 2002 Stephanie Viscasillas	Privacy Versus the FBI The antiterrorism law President Bush signed in late October makes it easier for officials investigating potential terrorist activity to get court orders to search companies' business records. It is important to take that into account in your privacy policy.
InternetNews January 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Data Mining Giving Privacy the Shaft? Democrats use privacy rights as first issue before Senate Judiciary Committee.
InternetNews June 14, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	IBM Addresses RFID Privacy Radio frequency identification technology promises to speed supply chain operations by automating the tracking of goods. But its potential to track people has privacy advocates crying foul.
InternetNews March 8, 2007 Roy Mark	Gates' Washington Trip a Privacy Affair Congress should pass 'milestone' national uniform privacy standard says Microsoft chairman.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
PC World December 2003 Bill Wallace	The Patriot Act Reconsidered Next round of antiterrorist legislation seeks to balance privacy and security.
PC World February 20, 2001 Jennifer O'Neill	Congress Navigates a Flood of Net Privacy Bills Lawmakers, industry juggle e-commerce and consumer concerns in review of longtime (and new) proposals...
PC World February 10, 2003 Kyle Stock	Feds Look to Expand Electronic Surveillance Confidential proposal calls for increased monitoring of private e-mail messages, Web surfing, and other online activities.
PC Magazine July 11, 2007 Cyrus Farivar	Closing the Loopholes on Data Theft Millions have had personal data, including credit card numbers, stolen this year. Congress is seeking to pass a stricter, nationwide law.
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 Aaron Dalton	Washington's Net Change How the Democrat-controlled Congress could affect technology legislation.
PC World October 5, 2001 Frank Thorsberg	PC World Poll Highlights Privacy Concerns Our online poll shows most readers are concerned about giving the government more power for online surveillance...
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Privacy Advocates Boycott Facial Recognition Negotiations The U.S. government's efforts to build a code of conduct for facial recognition software creators has hit a major snag.
PC World July 27, 2001 Cara Garretson	Should a Web Site's Privacy Policy be Set by Law? Tech leaders say they want the flexibility to write their own, but Congress leans otherwise...
Salon.com October 6, 2000 Simson Garfinkel	Mano a mano with John McCain At a committee hearing on online privacy, the senator asks me some tough questions and doesn't like what he hears...
CIO March 1, 2003 Todd Datz	A More Perfect Union President George Bush signed the E-Government Act of 2002 into effect last December, taking a giant step toward launching the federal government into the information age. We break down the costs, the players, the hurdles and its future.
InternetNews September 7, 2010	Google Faces Heat Over Privacy Tweaks A move to reduce legalese has one privacy advocacy group up in arms.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Richard Adhikari	International Data Privacy Day Spreads Focusing on data privacy in an age of cybercrime.
InternetNews January 20, 2010	Microsoft: U.S. Must Weigh In on Cloud Computing Effort looks to encourage revised laws and industry and privacy protections as cloud computing takes off.
BusinessWeek December 9, 2010 Sara Forden	Facebook Builds a Washington Lobbying Team The social networking site is expanding its six-person lobbying office to deal with Washington's growing interest in privacy and other Internet issues
InternetNews June 17, 2010	Can the Feds Keep Data Private on the Cloud? The White House IT team has made its marching orders to the agencies clear: the cloud is the way to go. But with so much data in play, will privacy fall by the wayside?
PC World September 11, 2002 Andrew Brandt	A Year Later, Online Privacy and Security Still Weak Guarding both virtual and physical shores remains a challenge of checks and balances.
InternetNews May 18, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Focuses on Video Voyeurism Narrowly limited to images taken on federal property, proposed bill designed to provide model legislation for states.
InternetNews January 14, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Web Firms, Advocates Draw Lines in Privacy Fight With reforms to the Privacy Act looming on the congressional agenda, how will Internet companies be affected?
OCC Bulletin January 13, 2004	Privacy Public comment is being requested on proposed rulemaking that would improve the privacy notices that financial institutions provide to consumers under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
InternetNews February 13, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Advocates Blast FTC Guidelines on Web Privacy Agency refreshes self-regulatory best practices for behavioral targeting as privacy advocates call for tougher stance.
InternetNews January 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate: Write Away, Bloggers Republicans force changes in language calling for greater reporting requirements for grassroots groups and political bloggers.
InternetNews September 22, 2005 Roy Mark	Roberts Vote Could Stall Data Privacy Law Judiciary Committee may vote today on mandating national breach disclosure law.
Managed Care April 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	President's Privacy-Rule Review Creates Controversy, Confusion The final medical privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) stand out in terms of controversy and confusion. The end game is still cast in doubt...
InternetNews October 2, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Germans Suspicious of 'GoogleClick' German official raises privacy concerns over Google-DoubleClick merger.
InternetNews August 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Bush Signs Temporary Wiretap Law A new law allows government to conduct surveillance of foreign e-mails and phone calls without a warrant.
Information Today July 16, 2013 Nancy K. Herther	PRISM and the First Amendment: A Critical Issue Once Edward Snowden lands in some friendly country or decides to return to the U.S., we can hope that attention is again focused on PRISM and surveillance. So far, the responses from government officials have been less than stellar.
Mother Jones Nov/Dec 2001 Julie Wakefield	A Face in the Crowd Is surveillance software turning police into Robocops?
InternetNews February 25, 2010	CTIA Calls for Location-Based Privacy Rules As the privacy debate turns to location-based services, wireless association seeks clarification from Congress on the rules for sharing data with law enforcement authorities.
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers OK Video Voyeurism Privacy Bill The U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate Tuesday in passing privacy protections against video voyeurism. The House bill makes it a crime to engage in illicit photography or "cyber peeking" on federal property.
Information Today November 12, 2015	FCC Allows Internet Companies to Keep Tracking User Activities According to The Washington Post, the Federal Communications Commission will not impose a requirement on Google, Facebook, and other internet companies that could make it more difficult to track user activities.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Big Blue Is Watching You IBM's new smart surveillance system should spawn many applications. There is one other market where IBM could really clean up with the system: its consulting-services business.