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PRIVACY Forum Digest      Sunday, 12 July 1998      Volume 07 : Issue 12

            Moderated by Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)         
              Vortex Technology, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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CONTENTS 
        INDEX to PRIVACY Forum Digest; Volume 07, Issues 01 through 11
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)


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VOLUME 07, ISSUE 12

   Quote for the day:

        "I'm through being Mr. Goodbar."

                -- Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman)
                   "Blazing Saddles" (Warner Bros.; 1974)

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                     INDEX to PRIVACY Forum Digest
                    Volume 07, Issues 01 through 11
                     1 Jan 1998 through 30 Jun 1998

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Tuesday, 13 January 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 01
        INDEX to PRIVACY Forum Digest; Volume 06, Issues 09 through 18
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Wednesday, 14 January 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 02
        AT&T Database Reveals Unlisted Names From Numbers
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Intuit Canada policy of forced disclosure (John Tillquist)
        Data Creep [PRIVACY Forum Digest V06 #18] (Stanley F. Quayle)
        Privacy problems with patient data in hospitals, by Simson Garfinkel
           (Fr. Stevan Bauman)
        Re: ATM card problems (David C. Kulp)
        Airlines Debut Profiling System (Monty Solomon)
        A spy satellite of one's own [TBTF for 1/12/98] (Keith Dawson)
        Self regulation (Marianne Kim)
        ACM Policy98 Preliminary announcement (Jim Horning)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Sunday, 25 January 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 03
        Speak or Dare? -- Private Lives and Hidden Mikes 
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Re: ATM Card Problems (Joseph S. Fulda)
        CyberSitter to the rescue, from Ross Johnson (Glen McCready)
        More on the Navy/AOL case (Declan McCullagh)
        Conference on Computers, Freedom, & Privacy 1998 (Shabbir J. Safdar)
        Reminder: CEME '98 (Soon Y. Choi)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Friday, 20 February 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 04
        AT&T alters phone lookup database after PRIVACY Forum article
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Driver Privacy Protection in Maryland
           (Senator Brian E. Frosh / David Brewster)
        New Book on Telecommunications Privacy (Jud Wolfskill)
        McCain Introduces Internet School Filtering Act;
           U.S. Appeals Court Rules Secret Genetic Tests Violate Privacy
           (EPIC-News List)
        Satellites (Ross Kerber)
        Conferences of Interest (Susan Evoy)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Sunday, 15 March 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 05
        E-mail block list now available; Media contact information
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Satellite Surveillance (Bryan Costin)
        On Line Course of Cyberspace Privacy (Michael J. Lehmkuhl)
        TPRC 98. Call for Papers (Juan F. Riveros)
        Medical Privacy Conference 3/27/98 Baltimore (Mimi Azrael)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Sunday, 29 March 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 06
        Pacific Bell's Caller-ID Expansion
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Bookstore Purchase Records in a "Starring" Role
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Re: Satellite Surveillance (Derek Ziglar)
        Lines drawn over privacy (Simson L. Garfinkel)
        Medical Records Proposal Puts Privacy at Risk, ACLU Says
           (Monty Solomon)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Sunday, 19 April 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 07
        GTE publishes unlisted California phone numbers and addresses
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        GSM cellular phone encryption cracked
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Warrants on the web (Phil Agre)
        Privacy of Medical Information (Lewis Lorton)
        Fax machine cartridges and privacy (Paul E. Baclace)
        Canada Sets the Stage for Encryption Action (Ama-gi)
        Judge Sets Highest Legal Hurdle For Using Blocking Software 
           in Libraries (Monty Solomon)
        Book announcement--"Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape"
           (Jud Wolfskill)
        Policy98 (Barbara Simons)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Friday, 1 May 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 08
        Privacy or Technology Questions / Concerns 
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Cell Phone Jamming (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        PacBell hard sell on CallerID (Paul Hoffman)
        Portable fingerprint scanner (Phil Agre)
        Direct mail (Phil Agre)
        UK Crypto Policy - govt statement - 27 April 1998 (Keith Parkins)
        EFC Press Release:  Canada's Top Cryptographers Oppose 
           Crypto Regulation (Jeffrey Shallit)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Wednesday, 13 May 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 09
        Some PRIVACY Forum Miscellany 
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        American Express Selling Customer Purchase Data
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        ID implants, anyone? (Brian Clapper)
        Mark of the beast (Phil Agre)
        Remotely tracked passports (Philip N. Gross)
        Woman tackles 'deadbeat-dad' glitches (Peter G. Neumann)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Thursday, 21 May 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 10
        Sex, Crime, and Banner Ads 
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Opt-Out from American Express Marketing
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        Public forum regarding personal information privacy
           (Danielle LeClair)

PRIVACY Forum Digest; Saturday, 27 June 1998; Volume 07 : Issue 11
        Update on DoubleClick, Inc. 
           (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator)
        NZ to introduce Photo-ID Drivers' Licenses
           (Patrick Dunford)
        FAA to remove airmen's mailing addresses from public databases
           (William A. Lynn III)
        Financial privacy (Phil Agre)
        Inmates process vehicle records (Carl Jester)
        Information Privacy in Cyberspace Transactions (Jerry Kang)
        New Guide on Children's Online Privacy (Beth Givens)
        Local police conduct drug sweep of college dorm (John Meola)
        Health Information Privacy Alert - May digest (Dennis Melamed)
        ACLU Condemns Mandatory Blocking Software in Public Libraries
           (Monty Solomon)
        ACLU Says New Medical Privacy Legislation Falls Short (Monty Solomon)
        NSA Declassifies Algos (John Young)

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