• How Governments Use Information
• The Benefits of Access to Government Information
• The End of Practical Obscurity
• Privacy Law Governing the Public Sector
  • General Laws
    • The Fourth Amendment
    • The Privacy Act of 1974
      • The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
      • Doe v. Chao
    • The Freedom of Information Act
    • The Computer Security Act
    • The Paperwork Reduction Act
  • Sectoral Laws
    • The Electronic Communications Privacy Act
    • The Right to Financial Privacy Act
    • The Driver's Privacy Protection Act
      • DPPA History
    • The Privacy Protection Act of 1980
    • The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
    • Substance Abuse Privacy
    • Veterans Administration Health Privacy
  • U.S. Federal Government Policies
    • OMB Circular No. A-130
    • OMB Memorandum No. M-99-18
    • OMB "Cookie" Policy
  • Important Directives, Guidelines, and Studies
    • The EU Data Privacy Directive
    • OECD Guidelines
    • The HEW Report
• Government Threats to Privacy
  • Public Records
    • Voter Records
    • Property Records
    • Public School Records
    • Judicial Records
      • Bankruptcy Records
      • Criminal Records
      • Civil Records
    • Social Security Numbers
    • State DMV Records
    • Government Databases
      • Do-Not-Call Lists
      • The FBI's Brady Law Database
      • ICANN's WHOIS Database
      • The Veterans Administration Computer System
      • HCFA's OASIS Database
      • The FBI's CODIS Database
      • The Census
      • FinCEN
      • Aviation Databases
      • National "New Hires" Database
      • FIDNet
  • Surveillance
    • Biometric Surveillance
    • Carnivore
    • CALEA
    • Electronic Footprints
    • The "Clipper Chip"
    • Victimless Crimes
      • Internet Gambling
      • Money-Laundering
      • Drug Laws
    • International Surveillance Programs
      • Echelon
      • RIP (UK)
      • Other International Surveillance Programs
  • Anti-Privacy Law and Regulation
    • Automobile "Black Boxes"
    • E911
    • National Individual Health Identifier
    • The Postal Service's CMRA Regulations
    • The Bank Secrecy Act
    • Taxation
      • OECD Moves Against Financial Privacy
      • Internet Sales Tax Proposals
    • Encryption Policy
    • Window Envelopes
    • "Know Your Customer"
• Government Invasions of Privacy
  • The Veterans Administration Computer System
  • Willey Letters
  • IRS 'Browsing'
  • Korematsu
  • L.A. Wiretapping Scandal
  • "Filegate"
  Current Issues:
  • Should Governments Have Chief Information Officers?
  • IG Web Privacy Studies
  • The Draft Convention on Cyber-Crime
  • GAO Studies of Government Web Privacy Practices

[updated 02/27/04]