Resources - Information Privacy Law

CAREER INFORMATION

How to Enter the Privacy Profession

Professor Solove’s advice about entering the privacy law profession.

Privacy Law Fellowships for Recent Law School Graduates

Professor Solove’s list of fellowships in privacy law for recent grads.

Privacy Law Internships for Law Students

Professor Solove’s list of internships for currently-enrolled students.

Privacy Law Entry-Level and Junior Job Opportunities

Professor Solove’s list of entry-level and junior privacy law job opportunities.

BLOGS

GENERAL PRIVACY LAW

Professor Solove’s Privacy and Security Law Blog

Contains interesting posts about current privacy law issues.

beSpacific

Contains daily updates to law, technology, and privacy news.

Emergent Chaos

Adam Shostack discusses privacy and information technology issues.

Pogo Was Right

Contains an extensive collection of links to each day’s privacy news articles.

Info/Law

Law professors William McGeveran, Derek Bambauer, and Tim Armstrong discuss information law issues.

Chronicle of Data Protection

Lawyers at Hogan Lovells, including Christopher Wolf, blog about the latest information privacy issues.

Privacy & Security Source

Lawyers at Foley & Lardner, including Andrew Serwin, blog about the latest information privacy issues.

Future of Privacy Forum Blog

Blog about privacy by the Future of Privacy Forum, a think tank exploring responsible business privacy practices.

CONSUMER PRIVACY

Consumer Blog (US-PIRG)

Ed Mierzwinski discusses data security, consumer privacy, financial privacy, and the credit reporting system.

Credit Slips

A group of law professors discuss the credit system and bankruptcy issues.

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

A large group of law professors and other experts discuss consumer law issues.

Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Law professor Eric Goldman ( Marquette) on consumer privacy and electronic commerce issues.

The Red Tape Chronicles

Journalist Bob Sullivan’s discussion of consumer privacy and identity theft.

DATA SECURITY

Schneier on Security

Security expert Bruce Schneier discusses privacy and security issues.

NATIONAL SECURITY

National Security Advisors

Law professors Bobby Chesney, Steve Vladeck, and Tung Yin discuss national security law issues.

Security Dilemmas

Political philosophy professor Seth Weinberger discuss national security issues.

Behind the Homefront

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press chronicles “news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering, access to information and the public’s right to know.”

MEDICAL PRIVACY

HIPAA Blog

Contains news and information about HIPAA and health privacy.

OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES

PRIVACY NEWS UPDATES

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Contains extensive information about news and cases involving freedom of the press.

News Updates
The Open Government Guide (compendium of state open government laws)

Cipher

This newsletter is by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security & Privacy.

Crypto-Gram

This newsletter is by data security security expert Bruce Schneier.

ACADEMIC RESOURCES

The Economics of Privacy

An extensive bibliography of economics scholarship about privacy maintained by Professor Alessandro Acquisti ( Carnegie Mellon School of Management).

TWITTER FEEDS

Below are the Twitter feeds of leading experts in the information privacy law field:

Ryan Calo
Will DeVries
Tanya Forsheit
Michael Geist
Eric Goldman
James Grimmelmann
Woodrow Hartzog
Kashmir Hill
Marcia Hofmann
Chris Hoofnagle
Eddan Katz
Paul Ohm
John Palfrey
Vince Polley
Jules Polonetsky
Ponemon Institute
PrivacyMemes
Paul Schwartz
Tom Smedinghoff
Daniel Solove
Danny Weitzner
Christopher Wolf
Michael Zimmer

OTHER RESOURCES

A Chronology of Data Breaches

A chronological chart by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse of data security breaches since 2005.

Law, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

An extensive collection of resources on national security issues.

Morrison & Foerster’s International Data Privacy Library

Provides links to privacy laws, regulations, reports, multilateral agreements, and government authorities for more than 90 countries around the world, including the United States.

GOVERNMENT REPORTS & MANUALS

Church Committee Reports (1975-1976)

HEW, Records, Computers, and the Rights of Citizens (1973) (Fair Information Practices)

DOJ’s Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence Manual (2002)

IDEAS FOR PAPER TOPICS

The best way to find paper topics is to read some of the blogs listed above, which often have postings on the latest news relating to information privacy law issues.

Also recommended: EPIC’s privacy topic list

PRIVACY ORGANIZATIONS & EMPLOYERS

PRIVACY TRAINING

TeachPrivacy (privacy and data security training by Professor Solove)

STATUTES

Freedom of Information Act (1966)

DOJ FOIA Guide

Fair Credit Reporting Act (1970)

FTC Enforcement Actions Website

Privacy Act (1974)

DOJ Privacy Act Guide

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974)

Right to Financial Privacy Act (1978)

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978)

Privacy Protection Act (1980)

Cable Communications Policy Act (1984)

Electronic Communications Privacy Act (1986)

Employee Polygraph Protection Act (1988)

Video Privacy Protection Act (1988)

Telephone Consumer Protection Act (1991)

Do Not Call Registry Website

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (1994)

Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (1994)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (1998)

FTC Enforcement Actions Website

Identity Theft Assumption and Deterrence Act (1998)

Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (1999)

USA Patriot Act (2001)

CAN-SPAM Act (2003)

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (2003)

AnnualCreditReport.com

Video Voyeurism Protection Act (2004)

FTC Act: Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices

FTC Enforcement Actions Website

STATE LAW MATERIALS

California Office of Privacy Protection’s Guide to California Privacy Laws

This website has summaries of California’s many laws addressing privacy.

State PIRG Summary of State Data Security Laws

This website has a comprehensive collection of state data breach notification and credit freeze laws.

NCSL — 50 State Legislative Tracking

This website by the National Conference of State Legislatures has information on laws in all 50 states in various categories.

Health Privacy Project’s Report on State Health Privacy Laws

This website provides a summary of the health privacy laws in each state.

Morrison & Foerster’s International Data Privacy Library

Provides links to privacy laws, regulations, reports, multilateral agreements, and government authorities for more than 90 countries around the world, including the United States.

INTERNATIONAL PRIVACY LAW MATERIALS

GENERAL

OECD Privacy Guidelines (1980)

APEC Privacy Framework (2004)

World LII: Privacy Cases Database

This website contains privacy cases from around the world, translated into English.

Morrison & Foerster’s International Data Privacy Library

Provides links to privacy laws, regulations, reports, multilateral agreements, and government authorities for more than 90 countries around the world, including the United States.