Privacy and Anonymity - Week of November 4, 1996

Schedule

• Monday. Class discussion
• Wednesday. Prof. Mary Culnan, Georgetown University School of Business

Required Reading

1. Rights & Responsibilites, Chapter 7: Privacy
2. Cavazos and Morin, Chapter 2: Electronic Privacy
3. Cyberspace Law for Non-Lawyers, Privacy Law in Cyberspace
4. CDT Privacy Issues Page and CDT Privacy Demonstration Page
5. Paul Strassmann and William Marlow, Risk-Free Access Into The Global Information Infrastructure Via Anonymous Re-Mailers
6. Steve Talbott essays on privacy:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 in Netfuture

Recommended Reading

1. Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

Questions

• What type of information can be collected about you as you browse the web?
• What type of information is stored about individuals on the web now? The information could be accessible either for free or for a fee.
• What type of information can companies legally collect and sell about you?
• What techniques can be used to achieve anonymity on the Internet? Consider email, web browsing, posting to newsgroups and discussion lists, and making purchases.
• What are the personal and social benefits of anonymity? What are the harms?
• Under what conditions can the government read your e-mail or wiretap your conversations? What about Georgetown University or your employer?
• What is ECPA and what did it criminalize?
• What is privacy?