The PRIVACY Forum
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Video of the PRIVACY Forum Moderator's
Internet and Empires
Talk at Google

An Open Letter to Google:  Concepts for a Google Privacy Initiative
(9-May-2006)



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& Press Contact Info
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"DayThink"

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FACT SQUAD
   Fact Squad Radio

Selected PRIVACY Forum Archive Special Reports

"SPIES" IN YOUR SOFTWARE?

PRIVACY GOES BANANAS
AT WELLS FARGO BANK (UPDATED)

YOUR SIGNATURE FOR SALE?

ACMTelos Systems


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What is the PRIVACY Forum?

The PRIVACY Forum includes a moderated e-mail digest and associated materials (along with an archive of those digests and related documents) for the discussion and analysis of issues relating to privacy (both personal and collective) in the information age. Topics include telecommunications, information and database collection and sharing, and a wide range of other privacy issues, as pertains to the privacy concerns of individuals, groups, businesses, government, and society at large. The manners in which both the conventional and the controversial concerns of business and government interact with privacy considerations are also topics for digest discussions. There is no charge to receive the digest.

The PRIVACY Forum is supported in part by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Committee on Computers and Public Policy and Telos Systems. These organizations do not operate or control the PRIVACY Forum in any manner, and their support does not imply agreement on their part with nor responsibility for any materials posted on or related to the PRIVACY Forum.

Except when unusual events warrant exceptions, digest publication is limited to no more than one or two reasonably-sized digests per week. Given the size of the Internet, this may often necessitate that only a small percentage of overall submissions may ultimately be presented in the digest. Submission volume also makes it impossible for unpublished submissions to be routinely acknowledged. Other mailing lists, with less stringent submission policies, may be more appropriate for readers who prefer a higher volume of messages regarding these issues.

The goal of PRIVACY Forum is to present a high quality electronic publication which can act as a significant resource to both individuals and organizations who are interested in these issues. The digest is best viewed as similar in focus to a journal or other specialized publication. The moderator will choose submissions for inclusion based on their relevance and content.

All messages included in the digest represent the views of their individual authors and all messages submitted must be appropriate to be distributed and archived without limitations.


The PRIVACY Forum moderator
on the way to the office...
The PRIVACY Forum is moderated by Lauren Weinstein of Vortex Technology in Woodland Hills, California, and was created by Lauren in 1992. He has been active regarding a wide range of issues involving technology and society in the ARPANET/Internet community since the early 1970's.

Lauren authors the satire/commentary "Reality Reset" columns, and hosts "Fact Squad Radio" and the "Vortex Reality Report & Unreality Trivia Quiz". He has been a frequent commentator on the "Morning Edition" program from NPR (National Public Radio), and a columnist for Wired News. Lauren is also co-founder of URIICA - Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis. He is a member of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Committee on Computers and Public Policy. Lauren may be e-mailed at lauren@vortex.com.


The Forum also has an "advisory committee" consisting of three individuals who have offered to act as a "sounding board" to help with any questions of policy which might arise in the course of the Forum's operations. These persons are Peter Neumann of SRI International (the moderator of the excellent and renowned Internet RISKS Forum digest), Marc Rotenburg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and Willis Ware of RAND (one of the U.S.A.'s most distinguished champions of privacy issues).


PRIVACY Forum Operational Procedures

How to submit items to the PRIVACY Forum

Messages being submitted for possible inclusion in the PRIVACY Forum digest should be mailed to the Internet address:

      privacy@vortex.com

All messages sent to privacy@vortex.com which are not obviously only meant for the moderator or are not marked for non-publication will be assumed to be submitted for the digest.


How to subscribe/unsubscribe to or from the PRIVACY Forum

Individual subscriptions for the PRIVACY Forum are controlled through an automated list handling system. The names and e-mail addresses of subscribers to the PRIVACY Forum mailing list are private (naturally). They are only used to distribute the PRIVACY Forum Digests and will not be used for any other purposes.

Important Note: Please do not attempt to subscribe an address that uses a "challenge-response" system for spam blocking -- such addresses will not be successfully subscribed.

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the Web, please visit the "privacy" subscription page.

To subscribe via e-mail, please send a message (subject and body text are unnecessary and will be ignored) to:

      privacy-subscribe@vortex.com

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If you're having problems subscribing or unsubscribing through the automated system, please contact a human at:

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