Privacy on the Web: useful links
David Kotz
My (unpublished) paper on the subject,
Technological Implications for Privacy on the Web
(
HTML
,
PDF
, and the slides (
ppt
,
pdf
) I used for a talk on the subject.
The
New York Times
stories on the subject. One article is a
good overview
.
Junkbusters
:
Privacy Headlines
How Web Servers' Cookies Threaten Your Privacy
Submission to the FTC
Cookies, specifically:
Cookie Central
, including an excellent
FAQ
and many other cookie resources
Netscape's original Cookie specification (old)
The EPIC Cookies Page
CIAC bulletin on Cookies
Dark side of cookies
, and a new proposal,
RFC 2109
Report from the Center for Public Integrity,
Nothing Sacred: The Politics of Privacy
Report of Federal Trade Commission about Online Privacy
Report of the OMB on privacy of federal web sites
OMB report
News story on OMB report
Online Privacy Alliance
, an industry group trying to resist regulation and proclaim self-enforcement
P3P Project
, attempting a technological solution
Digital Future Coalition
Dartmouth College Computer and Network Policy
, although they do not specifically address web privacy
David Kotz